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SubjectRe: using more than 2 GB as a ram disk
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> On 02-Feb-99 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > You probably want to go 64-bit, like UltraSPARC or Alpha.
>
> somebody (it's beyond me) needs to port linux (SPARC or Alpha) to Pentium
> is that such a crazy idea?
>
> i remember reading a paper about a port of UNIX V7 from a PDP-11 to a
PDP-11
> (with the two 16bit quantities in a 32bit integer swapped)
> this was so they could share a VAX disk
>
> seems like we need a version of Linux on Pentium which has 64bit
quantities
> everywhere. call it a "practicing for merced" exercise :-)
>

> Call it ridiculous. i386 et al only has 32 bits of linear address
> space. It can't work.

> -h> pa

However the PPro, PII, (PIII?) has 36 bit address; if I remeber correctly.
That should give plenty of additional memory space.



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