Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261187AbUDGVt5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:49:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264187AbUDGVt5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:49:57 -0400 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:8109 "EHLO dualathlon.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261187AbUDGVtx (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:49:53 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 23:49:50 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: Eric Whiting , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: -mmX 4G patches feedback Message-ID: <20040407214950.GP26888@dualathlon.random> References: <40718B2A.967D9467@amis.com> <20040405174616.GH2234@dualathlon.random> <4071D11B.1FEFD20A@amis.com> <20040405221641.GN2234@dualathlon.random> <68580000.1081372758@flay> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <68580000.1081372758@flay> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/68B9CB43 13D9 8355 295F 4823 7C49 C012 DFA1 686E 68B9 CB43 X-PGP-Key: 1024R/CB4660B9 CC A0 71 81 F4 A0 63 AC C0 4B 81 1D 8C 15 C8 E5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1079 Lines: 24 On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 02:19:18PM -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > 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? ;-) I meant 3.5:0.5, that's the additional config option in 2.4-aa and in your tree too IIRC. - 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/