From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: linux@horizon.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mzhao@lizotech-inc.com
Subject: Re: increase Linux kernel address space 3.5 G memory on Redhat Enterprise
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 08:32:35 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4641DB83.3070108@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fa.Ugxu6mcPKadIJtKhwYUZQfIVyZ0@ifi.uio.no>
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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Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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2007-05-09 14:32 ` Robert Hancock [this message]
2007-05-09 1:07 increase Linux kernel address space 3.5 G memory on Redhat Enterprise linux
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