Re: Kernel Compiling from scratch
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 09:55 +0000, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On 26/01/12 09:38, Lisi wrote:
> > What, in this context, does pae mean?
>
> pae means "physical address extensions", was otherwise known as "bigmem"
> in Debian packaging until recently. It's necessary to
> see/use ≥ 4G of RAM on a 32bit kernel.
Before running make oldconfig it can be set by running inside the build
directory.
echo "CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set" >> .config
echo "CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y" >> .config
If it isn't set only 3.xGB of >= 4GB RAM will be accessible for a 32bit
architecture kernel.
- Ralf
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