Re: 2.4 kernel and 4GB+ of RAM
* Adam Shand (larry@spack.org) spake thusly:
>
...
> * In the new 2.4 kernels can a single process address more then 2Gb of
> RAM? More then 4Gb of RAM?
>
> * Is this architecture dependent? If so what are the differences.
64 vs 32 bit. Not being a kernel hacker I can't tell you which is used
where.
> * What is the hard limit for the total amount of ram usable by a 2.4
> kernel.
>
> If I've missed a good place to read about all this pointers would be much
> appreciated as well.
news://comp.os.linux.system and kernel mailing list, I guess.
Note that 2.4 kernels die (after 14 days uptime here) with "out of
memory". I wouldn't use a 2.4 kernel for a production machine until
that is fixed.
Dima
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