Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:05:51 +0000 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Max memory again |
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Hi Alan.
>> I clarified the message and added a line telling the user to have >> a look at linux/include/asm-i386/page.h, if he wants more physical >> RAM to be supported. And I also added three lines to >> include/asm-i386/page.h explaining that the per process virtual >> mem will shrink, if the PAGE_OFFSET is decreased.
> So now the user is both confused and scared by the message. The > right fix is to put back Ingo's memory size patch but change it to > a menu option of 1Gig, 2Gig , 3Gig or similar as 2.0.37pre does
I submitted a patch a while back that provided a set of options allowing this to be set from 0.75G to 3G in 0.25G steps (using a 'choice' statement with 1G as the default), and I still believe this to be the best method and granularity.
The patch apparently missed changing arch/i386/vmlinux.lds and wasn't applied as a result, but as I stated in a post at the time, I don't know the language the said file is written in, so can hardly expect to patch it appropriately......
Am I right in thinking that Ingo's patch basically expanded this patch to edit the above file as well?
Best wishes from Riley.
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