From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Subject: Re: dom0 boot failure with 256G
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:54:34 +0100
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Keir Fraser wrote:
> Actually compat guests are good for up to 128GB, so you should be fine with
> no dom0_mem= parameter.
>   

Real PAE processors are limited to 2^36 = 64GB, and the guest kernel may 
mask ptes at that point.

    J