* Brian Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-01 13:39:47]: > Hello folks, > > I was curious about the maximum amount of RAM an OpenBSD system will > recognize. Is there any way at all to get it to recognize more? Kernel > recompile? Sysctl options? > > I've browsed through the archives here a bit and have found a few answers > relating to my question, but there were older. For instance, someone was > saying back in '03 that the maximum amount of RAM the OS would recognize is > 2GB. I happen to know that my amd64 system recognizes 4GB nowadays. But > the machine has 8GB of RAM. > > Some other answers said it would never go higher than 2GB b/c it would > require an entire rewrite of the VM subcomponent (or something to that > effect). But again, my system currently recognizes 4GB, so it seems there > has been some progress. > > Any definitive word on this? Thanks.
Well, if you want to get support for all that ram, well, the devs are going to need access to such a system. They don't have that stuff lying around. >From want.html An amd64 with more than 4 GB RAM for hacking on large memory support in i386 and amd64, needed in London, UK. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Travers Buda
