Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-05 Thread Mad Props
Why not just buy a amd64/em64t cpu and run a 64bit kernel with 32bit userland? Gives you all of the 4GB (minus a few pages) without hacks or extra patches and without slowdowns. MfG Goswin The 4GB Address Space thing is one of the topics proposed as thesis at my university.

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Mad Props [EMAIL PROTECTED] So what I need to know is whether those modifications are rather comprehensive/complicated or not and whether it is feasible to get finished within 4 month... Debian-devel really is not the most natural place to ask such a questions. It does not appear to

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Mad Props [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why not just buy a amd64/em64t cpu and run a 64bit kernel with 32bit userland? Gives you all of the 4GB (minus a few pages) without hacks or extra patches and without slowdowns. MfG Goswin The 4GB Address Space thing is one of the topics

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Gabor Gombas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 05:46:07PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: [...] user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the kernel runs it's own AS. [...] Run make menuconfig; then, select Processor type and features, and

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-04 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:56:24PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Why not just buy a amd64/em64t cpu and run a 64bit kernel with 32bit userland? i386 have no 64bit kernel currently. Bastian -- Warp 7 -- It's a law we can live with. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bastian Blank [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:56:24PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Why not just buy a amd64/em64t cpu and run a 64bit kernel with 32bit userland? i386 have no 64bit kernel currently. Bastian -- Warp 7 -- It's a law we can live with. Stable

Re: 4GB address space

2006-02-28 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:19:45PM +0100, Mad Props wrote: Hi, i'm interested in whether it is possible to modify the Linux kernel so that user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the kernel runs it's own AS. If yes, how complicated would that be ?? Run make

Re: 4GB address space

2006-02-28 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:19:45PM +0100, Mad Props wrote: i'm interested in whether it is possible to modify the Linux kernel so that user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the kernel runs it's own AS. Why would you want to do such a thing? If you really need

Re: 4GB address space

2006-02-28 Thread Jim Crilly
On 02/28/06 04:19:45PM +0100, Mad Props wrote: Hi, i'm interested in whether it is possible to modify the Linux kernel so that user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the kernel runs it's own AS. If yes, how complicated would that be ?? Thanks, Thomas

Re: 4GB address space

2006-02-28 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 05:46:07PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: [...] user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the kernel runs it's own AS. [...] Run make menuconfig; then, select Processor type and features, and High Memory Support. Done. The question was