From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from manet.magma-da.com (manet.magma-da.com [10.1.1.173]) by magma-da.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA05848 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 02:45:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 02:45:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011251045.CAA07659@manet.magma-da.com> From: Raymond Nijssen Subject: Re: max memory limits ??? In-Reply-To: <3A1BCC05.4080608@SANgate.com>; from gabriel@SANgate.com on Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 03:37:09PM +0200 References: <3A1BCC05.4080608@SANgate.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: >Matti Aarnio 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 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/