Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261940AbTIPPag (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:30:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261941AbTIPPag (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:30:36 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:21413 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261940AbTIPPae (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:30:34 -0400 Subject: Re: experiences beyond 4 GB RAM with 2.4.22 From: Alan Cox To: Stephan von Krawczynski Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030916172057.148a5741.skraw@ithnet.com> References: <20030916102113.0f00d7e9.skraw@ithnet.com> <20030916153658.3081af6c.skraw@ithnet.com> <1063722973.10037.65.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030916172057.148a5741.skraw@ithnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063726141.10036.130.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-6) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:29:02 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 394 Lines: 9 The kernel has no idea what you will do with given ram. It does try to make some guesses but you are basically trying to paper over hardware limits. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/