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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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      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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