From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.4 kernel reports wrong amount of physical memory
Date: 14 May 2001 17:25:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9dpt1e$185$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200105142250.f4EMoHt02203@adsl-209-76-109-63.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105142025000.18102-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105142025000.18102-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
By author: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Mon, 14 May 2001, Wayne Whitney wrote:
> > In mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote:
> >
> > > You need to compile highmem support into the kernel if you want to
> > > use more than 890 MB of RAM, set it to maximum 4GB for best
> > > performance...
> >
> > On a similar note, what is the maximum physical memory supported
> > by the 4GB option?
>
> Ummm, 4GB maybe? ;)
>
It seems obvious once you know why the limits are there. The 1 GB
limit (actually 1024-128 MB = 896 MB) is a software limit; the 4 GB
and 64 GB limits are hardware limits and are exact.
IMO we should rename the 1 GB option!
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-15 0:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-14 19:09 2.4.4 kernel reports wrong amount of physical memory Jeff Golds
2001-05-14 19:29 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-14 20:01 ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-14 22:50 ` Wayne Whitney
2001-05-14 23:25 ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-14 23:39 ` Jeff Golds
2001-05-14 23:41 ` Jeff Golds
2001-05-15 0:44 ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-15 1:00 ` Mohammad A. Haque
2001-05-15 1:07 ` Jeff Golds
2001-05-15 2:32 ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-15 4:19 ` [PATCH] " Wayne Whitney
2001-05-15 0:25 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-05-15 1:57 ` Brian Gerst
2001-05-15 1:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
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