Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:41:19 -0600 | From | Robert Hancock <> | Subject | Re: BIOS detects 4 GB RAM, but kernel does not |
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Jean-David Beyer wrote: > You need to compile with > > # CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set > # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set > CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y > CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y > CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y > CONFIG_X86_PAE=y > CONFIG_HIGHIO=y > CONFIG_X86_4G=y > CONFIG_X86_SWITCH_PAGETABLES=y > CONFIG_X86_4G_VM_LAYOUT=y > CONFIG_X86_UACCESS_INDIRECT=y > CONFIG_X86_HIGH_ENTRY=y > > in your .config (for *86 machines) to get 4G of user and 4G of system space. > I so or know how much sense this would make for a 4G of RAM machine. I never > tried it when this machine had only 4G, but that is what is required to get > all 4G in a single user process now that I have 8G.
Those options are not applicable on an x86-64 kernel.
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