Re: Can I compile a hugemem kernel?
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On 03/08/07 15:11, Damien Ferrand wrote:
> On 08/03/07 10:28 -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote:
>> I seem to have developed a need for a single process (R) to use more than
>> 3G of RAM. The system has 6G, and is doing virtually nothing else. Is
>> there a way to compile 2.6.18 or higher with the so-called hugemem patch
>> under debian?
> It looks like hugemem is a redhat thing... I don't know if it is
> easy/possible to have it under debian. These kernels are generally heavily
> patched.
>
> But even with this patch, a signle process will be limited to less than 4G of
> memory. As the hugemem kernels have switching overhead check if you really
> can't work in another way.
Yes, you really need a 64-bit system for a single process to
efficiently use more than 1 (or is it 2?) GB or memory.
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