Re: 2.4 kernel and 4GB+ of RAM
On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 12:53:37PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * 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.
Never had that problem, though the stability of 2.4 quite differs
between the various releases. Try a different release or some -ac
patch.
2.4.5ac6 works fine for me.
Alson
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