Messages in this thread | | | From | Yuhong Bao <> | Subject | RE: x86-32 PAE-enabled kernel fails to boot with 64GB of RAM | Date | Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:34:55 -0800 |
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> On 12/06/2011 02:26 AM, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > Quoting from Documentation/vm/highmem.txt: > > " > > The general recommendation is that you don't use more than 8GiB on a > > 32-bit machine - although more might work for you and your workload, > > you're pretty much on your own - don't expect kernel developers to > > really care much if things come apart. > > " > > > > Still, I suspect the failure to cap the memory space... it still > *should* at least limp along. But yes, at some point the wheels really > will just come off the bus. > > Does specifying a kernel"mem=" option (thereby capping the memory > artificially) work?
FYI Windows when set to 3G/1G VA split with PAE enabled caps to 16GB of RAM. Yuhong Bao
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