Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 09 May 2007 08:32:35 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: increase Linux kernel address space 3.5 G memory on Redhat Enterprise |
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linux@horizon.com wrote: >> Hi: >> I am running Redhat Linux Enterprise version 4 update 4 on a dual-core >> 4G memory machine. There are many references on the web talking about >> increasing default user address space to 3.5 G however lacking specific >> instructions. My questions: >> >> 1. What is the specific steps to be done for the kernel to support 3.5 G >> address space? >> 2. Do I need to re-compile kernel to make this happen? If so, any >> specific instruction?
If this is a dual-core box then quite likely it also supports 64-bit, that would be a much safer option than messing with the kernel/user split and reducing the kernel memory available so much.
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