On 3/27/07, Luca Dionisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/27/07, Luca Dionisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/27/07, Andrey Voropaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, I'd rather put as the benefit only the huge size of the virtual > > > memory. The programs in 64-bit mode don't have to fit into 3 GB. > > > > I think that limit concerns physical RAM, not virtual memory. > > I could be wrong... > > Come to think of it. It should concern physical RAM _and_ virtual > memory addressable by a single program. > Right?
Really, physical RAM is not that important. There's always swap space. As long as it is not exhausted, the programs can run. But virtual memory can run out quickly :) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
