Hello, On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:05:40 -0400 Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christoph Pleger wrote: > > At last I found out that setting HIGHMEM support to 64 GB is the > > problem. But is it really not possible to use more than 4GB on an > > Opteron machine? > > Build and boot a 64-bit kernel, not a 32-bit kernel. > > There is no highmem option for the 64-bit kernel, because it doesn't > need one. I have two questions: 1. Is it possible to compile a 64-bit kernel on a 32-bit machine (or at least on a 64-bit machine with 32-bit software) and if yes, how can I do that? 2. All other software on the machine is 32-bit software. Will that software work with a 64-bit kernel? Christoph - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
