Re: 6.2 with PAE ?
Hi Klaus,
Would it be then possible to offer an alternate linux kernel (and boot
menu) with PAE enabled ?
I can even see the significant benefit (about 2x speed increase) of a 64
bit kernel option
(but still using most libraries & applications in the 32 bits
compatible mode)
My two cents,
Gilles
PS: did you receive my last email ?
At 05:44 PM 11/17/2009, Klaus Knopper wrote:
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at
04:04:00PM -0800, Phil Lewis wrote:
> I hope the kernel in 6.2 will have physical address extension
enabled. If not, half my memory will go unused :(
Sorry, no, unfortunately you will need to build your own Kernel for
this. With PAE enabled, Knoppix would no longer run on old (well,
not
even too old) computers with non-PAE capable CPUs. I have checked
frequently on this in the past time.
Therefore I still keep the non-PAE default for a while in order to
support the widest possible range of CPUs with a single kernel.
You can find the kernel sources at
http://debian-knoppix.alioth.debian.org/packages/linux-source-2.6.31.6_2.6.31.6-10.00.Custom_all.deb
http://debian-knoppix.alioth.debian.org/sources/cloop_2.631-1.tar.gz
When rebuilding the kernel, please make sure that you select a CPU
newer
than 586, and then you can select the PAE memory model.
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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