From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
To: Manfred Spraul <masp0008@stud.uni-sb.de>, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: Ramdisk for > 1GB / >2 GB
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:20:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990204082001.A528@uni-koblenz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <004401be4e29$fb998300$c80c17ac@clmsdev>; from Manfred Spraul on Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 10:25:54PM +0100
On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 10:25:54PM +0100, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> 3) Is more than 2 GB memory a problem that only applies to the i386
> architecture, or is there demand for that on PowerPC, Sparc32?
The limit is even lower, 512mb for the MIPS32 kernel. This was so far not
a problem since the so far supported machines had a lower maximum but the
problem now showed up big time on the radar, so there will be a MIPS64
kernel with a 1TB maximum soon to solve the problem in the not far future.
Ralf
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prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-02-05 2:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-01 21:25 Manfred Spraul
1999-02-02 7:54 ` Eric W. Biederman
1999-02-04 7:20 ` ralf [this message]
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