On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 05:46:13PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:05:13AM +0100, M. Gerards wrote: > > Another thing I wonder: Why do memory > > objects have a maximum size of 4GB? Isn't it possible to create a memory object > > with the size of the entire store and use mapping windows? (Or am I confused > > again? :)). Can someone please describe how this works in more detail if I'm > > wrong? I assume more people are confused by this. > > The reason for the limit is because the address space on IA32 architecture > is 32 bit. Now, you _could_ of course change the kernel interfaces to allow > for larger memory objects and only limit mapping windows to 4gb. This might
Or you could just use a 64bit machine such as an alpha ? :) Always looking for a hardware solution to a software problem, p2. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
