Re: 32bits and 3G memory limit
2010/6/21 deloptes <deloptes@yahoo.com>:
> Eero Volotinen wrote:
>
>>> $ grep -i pae /boot/config* || echo no found
>>> no found
>>
>> I think it is included in bigmem kernel ?
>>
>> try apt-cache search linux-image | grep bigmem ?
>
> thanks for pointing out this, because I was curious and grepped the config
> files on my 32bit system.
>
> grep -i pae /boot/config*
> /boot/config-2.6.26.2s1:# CONFIG_X86_PAE is not set
> /boot/config-2.6.26.2s1.old:# CONFIG_X86_PAE is not set
> /boot/config-2.6.26.5s1:# CONFIG_X86_PAE is not set
>
> but it seems that in newer once it's gone
>
> ls -1 /boot/config*
> /boot/config
> /boot/config-2.4.26-acl-emo
> /boot/config-2.4.26-h323-acl-emo
> /boot/config-2.6.26.2s1
> /boot/config-2.6.26.2s1.old
> /boot/config-2.6.26.5s1
> /boot/config-2.6.28.5eko2
> /boot/config-2.6.28.5eko2.old
> /boot/config-2.6.30.10eko2
> /boot/config-2.6.30.6eko2
> /boot/config-2.6.30.6eko2.old
> /boot/config-2.6.31eko2
> /boot/config-2.6.31eko2.old
> /boot/config-2.6.32.7eko2
> /boot/config-2.6.32.7eko2.old
> /boot/config-2.6.33eko2
> /boot/config.old
>
> surprise surprise - when making statements by theory people should check in
> practice
PAE is enabled on 686-bigmem kernels at least, I just checked it.
--
Eero
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