Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: using more than 2 GB as a ram disk | Date | Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:21:55 -0800 (PST) |
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> > > Call it ridiculous. i386 et al only has 32 bits of linear address > > space. It can't work. > > However the PPro, PII, (PIII?) has 36 bit address; if I remeber correctly. > That should give plenty of additional memory space. >
*PHYSICAL* address space, yes. It is not accessible to a process.
Please people, learn about address spaces before commenting on this ad nauseam.
-hpa
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