subject:"\[bug #17346\] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory"

[bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-26 Thread Samuel Thibault

Update of bug #17346 (project hurd): Status:None => Fixed Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Reply to this item at:

Re: [bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG

On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 16:15 +0200, Constantine Kousoulos wrote: > All the above solutions aim to make Mach unaware of any memory > above 1 GB. Isn't it possible to utilise all the memory? I will > explain myself. I think this is clearly right, but it may well require more substantial changes to

Re: [bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-21 Thread Samuel Thibault

Constantine Kousoulos, le Mon 20 Nov 2006 16:27:07 +0200, a écrit : > Oops wrong copy-paste. Correct my previous email with this: > > ... Mach's virtual address space is 4 GB big according to this > entry in gnumach/i386/i386/vm_param.h: #define > LINEAR_MAX_KERNEL_ADDRESS ((vm_offset_t) 0xf

Re: [bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-21 Thread Constantine Kousoulos

Samuel Thibault wrote: Constantine Kousoulos, le Mon 20 Nov 2006 16:27:07 +0200, a écrit : Oops wrong copy-paste. Correct my previous email with this: ... Mach's virtual address space is 4 GB big according to this entry in gnumach/i386/i386/vm_param.h: #define LINEAR_MAX_KERNEL_ADDRESS ((vm_o

Re: [bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-21 Thread Constantine Kousoulos

Hello, All the above solutions aim to make Mach unaware of any memory above 1 GB. Isn't it possible to utilise all the memory? I will explain myself. Why don't we make Mach's kernel address space larger so that the whole memory can fit inside it? Mach's virtual address space is 4 GB big acc

Re: [bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-21 Thread Constantine Kousoulos

In gnumach/i386/include/mach/i386/vm_param.h: /* User address spaces are 3GB each, starting at virtual and linear address 0. */ #define VM_MIN_ADDRESS ((vm_offset_t) 0) #define VM_MAX_ADDRESS ((vm_offset_t) 0xc000) In gnumach/i386/i386/vm_param.h: /* The kernel address s

Re: [bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-21 Thread Constantine Kousoulos

Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 16:15 +0200, Constantine Kousoulos wrote: All the above solutions aim to make Mach unaware of any memory above 1 GB. Isn't it possible to utilise all the memory? I will explain myself. I think this is clearly right, but it may well require more

Re: [bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-21 Thread Richard Braun

On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 02:12:33PM +0200, Constantine Kousoulos wrote: > Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > >On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 16:15 +0200, Constantine Kousoulos wrote: > >>All the above solutions aim to make Mach unaware of any memory > >>above 1 GB. Isn't it possible to utilise all the memory? I w

[bug #17346] GNU mach can't handle 4GB memory

2006-11-19 Thread Barry deFreese

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #17346 (project hurd): This better? vm_size_t memsize = boot_info.mem_upper; if ((memsize >= 0x40)) memsize = (0x40-1); phys_last_addr = 0x10 + (memsize * 0x400); ___ Reply to thi