From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: BIOS detects 4 GB RAM, but kernel does not
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:41:19 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44C916DF.6080200@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mH3yg.16777$2u4.7977@trnddc06>
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> You need to compile with
>
> # CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
> CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
> CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
> CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y
> CONFIG_X86_PAE=y
> CONFIG_HIGHIO=y
> CONFIG_X86_4G=y
> CONFIG_X86_SWITCH_PAGETABLES=y
> CONFIG_X86_4G_VM_LAYOUT=y
> CONFIG_X86_UACCESS_INDIRECT=y
> CONFIG_X86_HIGH_ENTRY=y
>
> in your .config (for *86 machines) to get 4G of user and 4G of system space.
> I so or know how much sense this would make for a 4G of RAM machine. I never
> tried it when this machine had only 4G, but that is what is required to get
> all 4G in a single user process now that I have 8G.
Those options are not applicable on an x86-64 kernel.
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