Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 May 2002 10:22:39 +0200 (CEST) | From | Luigi Genoni <> | Subject | Re: x86 question: Can a process have > 3GB memory? |
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you should be able to give to a single process till to 3.6 GB
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Clifford White wrote:
> > We are working with a database that requires a large amount of memory > allocated by a single process. > This is on an Intel 32-bit platform. > We'd like to go > 3GB of memory per process. > Is this possible on a 32-bit machine? I have been reading the various > 'highmem' discussions, but that's kernel page tables... > Or is this a glibc issue, and not proper for a kernel-list question? > Any pointers would be appreciated. The Intel ESMA (Extended Server Memory > Arch) page states that it's possible, but.....how? > > cliffw > NUMA-Q > Technical Guy > 1-503-578-4306 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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