> -----Original Message----- > From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 6:28 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Semi OT: 64 bit processors, the > Linux Kernel, and x86 Gentoo. > > > On Friday 25 May 2007 04:09:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So, unless I need the upper memory support, it may be > better for me to > > just not click the flag for 64bit memory support, and move on? > > IIRC, that's for PAE, which you definitely shouldn't use > unless you have 4G of > RAM or greater. > > Ticking that box doesn't make your kernel 64-bit though, anymore than > supporting 64-bit file offsets makes a kernel 64-bit. >
What makes the difference between a 64 bit kernel, and a 32 bit kernel? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
