Re: 32bits and 3G memory limit
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:32:02 +0000, T o n g wrote:
> Is the 3G memory access limit is the natural one, or something
> superficial imposed by M$?
MS allows some versions of Windows systems to bypass such limit on 32
bits machines (by means of PAE and AWE), so yes, nowadays it's fictional.
> I mean, does 32bits Linux (the i386 architecture) has such 3G limit as
> well?
No, 32 bits architecture can make use of PAE and add/use/address as much
as 64 GiB of RAM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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