Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:15:56 -0500 | From | Rich Payne <> | Subject | Re: 2GB memory limit on Alpha? |
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Yes, the standard kernel can only use 2Gig, however there is a patch that will allow up to 2TB, provided your motherboard can support that.
ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.2/ (or ftp://ftp.de.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.2/)
--rdp
"Dr. Michael Weller" wrote: > > Hi people, > > I'm surprised there is a hard 2GB phys memory limit on Alpha although it > seems the kernel (2.2.9 btw) uses 64bit pointers.. > > Is the test in arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c only a safety measure and I could > safely remove it or are there architecture reasons for it (like the > phys + virt/proc = 4GB for x86)? I thought there won't be such oddities > on a 64bit system. > > If some internal 32bit/paging table issue is the culprit here, would the > high mem patch for decent x86 kernels address this problem too? > (Currently 4GB phys on Alpha would suffice for me). > > Any advice/comment is highly appreciated, > Michael. > > -- > > Michael Weller: eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de, eowmob@ms.exp-math.uni-essen.de, > or even mat42b@spi.power.uni-essen.de. If you encounter an eowmob account on > any machine in the net, it's very likely it's me. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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