Re: 32bits and 3G memory limit
2010/6/21 T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>:
> Thanks everyone who replied,
>
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:26:08 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>
>>> 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
>
> in which it says:
>
> ,-----
> | The Linux kernel supports PAE as a build option and most major
> | distributions provide a PAE kernel either as the default or as an
> | option.
> `-----
>
> How can I know if the PAE support is built in my kernel?
>
> $ 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 ?
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Eero
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