Messages in this thread | | | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Subject | Re: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported | Date | Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:59:22 +0100 |
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Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org> writes:
> I thought CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G had to do with more than 4GB of RAM. > Now I can see that the associated help says it is for an amount between > 1 and 4GB.
Depends on the "split" used. With 2 GB : 2 GB you can have all-lowmem 1.5 GB RAM, without CONFIG_HIGHMEM*. 2 GB of per-process address space is usually not a problem.
x86-64 removes such limits. -- Krzysztof Halasa
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