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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 18:18:08 -0300 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: What is the truth about Linux 2.4's RAM limitations?
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On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Adam Shand wrote:

>  * What is the maximum amount of RAM that a *single* process can address
>    under a 2.4 kernel, with PAE enabled?  Without?

3 GB, 3GB.  This is basically a hardware limit.

>  * And, what (if any) paramaters can effect this (recompiling the app
>    etc)?

Alpha, AMD Hammer, ...  ;)


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