>> So, now that BIGMEM is up, what is the new max? are we talking TB? >> or is 8GB the new upper limit?
Seriously, http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=129114552517946&w=2 and then http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=129098908815042&w=2 48-64 cores usually don't come with 8GB. So 8GB is not the max. The max is practically what somebody can actually get their hands on, and post dmesg pron. TB? Maybe if somebody can donate a capable machine, then they can get it done. A TB class machine will come with at least 128-512 cores :-) This machine will also come equipped with 40/100 GBE ethernet adapter. And cost a bomb right now. It will therefore be practically supported in a few years for all of the BSDs. Read this for the physical limits, scroll to Larger physical address space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Architectural_features > driver level? The limit of profanity comments in the kernel source code? Not as much as some of the other codebases. Open source is constrained, I bet closed code is more likely to be littered with it.
