From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261928AbULKKNa (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:13:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261929AbULKKNa (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:13:30 -0500 Received: from picard.ine.co.th ([203.152.41.3]:38278 "EHLO picard.ine.co.th") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261928AbULKKN1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:13:27 -0500 Subject: Re: kernel (64bit) 4GB memory support From: Rudolf Usselmann Reply-To: rudi@asics.ws To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <41BAC68D.6050303@pobox.com> References: <1102752990.17081.160.camel@cpu0> <41BAC68D.6050303@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: ASICS.ws - Solutions for your ASICS & FPGA needs - Message-Id: <1102760002.10824.170.camel@cpu0> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:13:22 +0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 17:06, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Rudolf Usselmann wrote: > > Could anybody tell me which of the previous (non 2.6.9) kernels > > do support 4GB of main memory in 64 bit mode ? > > 64bit kernels have supported >4GB since their ports inception, AFAIK. > > Your platform could limit this artificially, of course. > > Jeff Yes, but it is currently broken (kernel panics). I wonder if anybody knew which kernel does work for 64 bit and >4GB of memory. I'm sure there must be people out there with similar configurations to mine .... Thanks, rudi (Tiger K8W, dual Opteron)