From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards.
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:27:45 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <465D89E1.7030301@shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705300440530.3755@p34.internal.lan>
Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Kernel dmesg attached from 8GB bootup.
It looks like part of the start of the output was truncated..
> Robert, how come the option is not applicable in 64-bit mode? If I want
> to use all 8GB of memory I need to run a 32-bit kernel?
>
> Justin.
>
Highmem and PAE (which are essentially what the 4GB/64GB memory options
control) are not needed in 64-bit mode, since we can access the entire
64-bit address space directly.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-30 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2007-05-30 4:08 ` Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards Robert Hancock
2007-05-30 8:43 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-05-30 8:54 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-05-30 14:27 ` Robert Hancock [this message]
2007-05-30 14:33 ` Case: 7454422: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards. (FULL DMESG) Justin Piszcz
2007-05-30 14:36 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-05-30 14:50 ` Case: 7454422: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards Ernst Herzberg
2007-05-29 23:07 Justin Piszcz
2007-05-30 20:49 ` Andi Kleen
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