Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Kernel prep and RAM

2010-04-01 Thread Andrew Benton
On 01/04/10 23:47, stosss wrote: > If I compile the kernel with 64GB instead of 4GB on a 32-bit system > that would allow me to use more than 4GB of physical RAM. Is my > understanding correct? My kernel would only "see" about 3GB of ram if I enabled HIGHMEM support. If I enable CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=

Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Kernel prep and RAM

2010-04-01 Thread stosss
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > stosss wrote: >> If I compile the kernel with 64GB instead of 4GB on a 32-bit system >> that would allow me to use more than 4GB of physical RAM. Is my >> understanding correct? > > Maybe.  It depends on your hardware.  If it's supported in HW,

Re: 32-bit or 64-bit Kernel prep and RAM

2010-04-01 Thread Bruce Dubbs
stosss wrote: > If I compile the kernel with 64GB instead of 4GB on a 32-bit system > that would allow me to use more than 4GB of physical RAM. Is my > understanding correct? Maybe. It depends on your hardware. If it's supported in HW, the kernel will do the equivalent of changing segments when