----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfred Perlstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ian Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 23:41
Subject: Re: Greater than 2GB per process
> * Ian Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010311 16:14] wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > Could anybody advise me on the possiblity of having greater than
> > 2GB per process on FreeBSD. I have tried increasing the limit beyond
this
> > and the kernel compiles successfully - however libc causes every process
> > to segfault. I am assuming that just recompiling the C library wouldn't
do
> > the trick but perhaps someone could confirm this.
>
> It's not possible on the Intel archetecture with the current system,
> changing the current intel system to use > 2GB processes would cost too
> much in terms of performance (64 bit values on a 32 bit system).
>
> At least that's what i've been told.
>
I know very little about how kernel or low level processor stuff works, but
shouldn't we be able to do a 4GB process on a 32-bit system?
The limitation of 2GB per process should only be an issue if there is some
need to use signed numbers, right?
Joe Gleason
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