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From: Raymond Nijssen <raymond.nijssen@Magma-DA.COM>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: max memory limits ???
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 02:45:05 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200011251045.CAA07659@manet.magma-da.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3A1BCC05.4080608@SANgate.com>; from gabriel@SANgate.com on Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 03:37:09PM +0200

>Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org> wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 03:37:09PM +0200, BenHanokh Gabriel wrote:

>> can some1 explain the memory limits on the 2.4 kernel

>> - what is the limit for user-space apps ?

>        At 32 bit systems:  3.5 GB with extreme tricks, 3 GB for more usual.


What are those tricks?   Do they involve changing TASK_SIZE ?

And why do programs get mapped at 0x08000000 instead of 0x00001000 ?
This is wasting another 5% of the addressing space.

Please CC me on your reply.

Thanks,
-Raymond
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2000-11-25 10:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-22 13:37 BenHanokh Gabriel
2000-11-22 14:11 ` Matti Aarnio
2000-11-22 15:28   ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-11-25 10:45 ` Raymond Nijssen [this message]

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