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Re: process max virtual memory limit in amd64?



* Anders Fugmann (afu@fiaif.net) wrote:
> Gabriel Ebner wrote:
> >On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 10:46:05AM +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> >gebner@schnecke2 ~ [0] $ grep 'address sizes' /proc/cpuinfo
> >address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> 
> Does anyone know why there is a limitation of 48 bits on the virtual 
> address space, and if it is technically possible to have a 64 bit 
> address space on the AMD64 architecture?

Uh, well, 2^48 is 256TB, I believe.  You need more than that?

	Stephen

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