Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264176AbUDGVJO (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:09:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264193AbUDGVJO (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:09:14 -0400 Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.106]:20431 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264176AbUDGVJN (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:09:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:19:18 -0700 From: "Martin J. Bligh" To: Andrea Arcangeli , Eric Whiting cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: -mmX 4G patches feedback Message-ID: <68580000.1081372758@flay> In-Reply-To: <20040405221641.GN2234@dualathlon.random> References: <40718B2A.967D9467@amis.com> <20040405174616.GH2234@dualathlon.random> <4071D11B.1FEFD20A@amis.com> <20040405221641.GN2234@dualathlon.random> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.1.2 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 898 Lines: 23 Tuesday, April 06, 2004 00:16:41 +0200 Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 03:35:23PM -0600, Eric Whiting wrote: >> 4G of virtual address is what we need. Virtual address space is why the -mmX >> 4G/4G patches are useful. In this application it is single processes (usually > > Indeed. > >> 3.5:1.5 appears to be a 2.4.x kernel patch only right? > > Martin has a port for 2.6 in the -mjb patchset (though it only works > with PAE disabled but there are patches floating around to make it work > at not noticeable cost with PAE enabled too). There's no such thing as 3.5:1.5. Do you mean 3.5:0.5? or 2.5:1.5? ;-) M. - 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/