On Monday 27 March 2006 23:21, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, that's an option to, although with more than ~768K of ram it's > > > not ideal. Maybe not ideal (especially on 64-bit processors) it is more than possible to address a lot of memory (damn I forget the numbers, I think 64G).
> > Why is that? I thought 32-bit should have no problems addressing > > 2GB? Yes you can. It will be slower than native 48-bit address modes from 64-bit processors, but not a large overhead at all (and the code mostly stays in cache). You will need to select 3G/1G split to access the full 2GB you have in your system. I have 1.5G and have to use 2G/2G to address all of mine. > Plus, with a 64-bit kernel, it'll have access to the 64-bit specific > registers. :) That is a much larger benefit than most people give it credit for. Almost double the registers! -- Zac Slade [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:1415282 YM:krakrjak AIM:ttyp99 -- [email protected] mailing list
