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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "3.5GB user address space" option.
Date: 17 Oct 2001 21:38:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9qlmcb$4h4$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1981072193242.20011018021819@spylog.com>

Followup to:  <1981072193242.20011018021819@spylog.com>
By author:    "Oleg A. Yurlov" <kris@spylog.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> 
>         Hi, folks,
> 
>         How  I  can  use  3.5GB  in my apps ? I try malloc() and get error on 2G
> bounce... :-(
> 
>         Hardware - SMP server, 2Gb RAM, 8Gb swap, kernel 2.4.12aa1.
> 

Get a 64-bit CPU.  You're running into a fundamental limit of 32-bit
architectures.

	-hpa
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-10-18  4:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-17 22:18 "3.5GB user address space" option Oleg A. Yurlov
2001-10-17 22:27 ` Rik van Riel
2001-10-18  4:38 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-10-18  9:09   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-10-18 13:47     ` Re[2]: " Oleg A. Yurlov

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