Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-05 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 12:08:37PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: But you can mix the two. Use a 64bit kernel (yes, sarge does have those in i386) while keeping your 32bit userland. That way you have all the stability of sarge i386 and the hardware support for 4GB ram of amd64 without

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Lennart Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 12:08:37PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: But you can mix the two. Use a 64bit kernel (yes, sarge does have those in i386) while keeping your 32bit userland. That way you have all the stability of sarge i386 and the

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-05 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 11:07:34PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: More like 3.99Gb. The 2GB limit is the user/kernel split in linux. It can also be a 3+1 split. In 64bit kernels however the kernel memory is outside of the 32bit address space and except for the pages for the syscall call

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-03 Thread Kompar Krisztian
Hi All, Thank You for your answers. I have got a lot of useful information. B. R., Krisztian Kompar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-03 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Lennart Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:33:21PM +0200, Kompar Krisztian wrote: Yes, I have read it that I can use maximum 64Gb memory using PAE. But lot of people wrote that 10-15% CPU time need for this. Is it true? Uptime is very critical :) that is why I

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-03 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Dean Hamstead [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i dont think anyone would say that the amd64 port is horendously unstable. as a server, most of your standard software is 64bit friendly and 64bit is by no means new ground for the linux kernel. for example, you shouldnt see any 64bit specific issues

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Kompar Krisztian wrote: Dear All, I would like to get more information about AMD64 port of debain sarge. The stability and reliability is very important for me. For this time only official i386 release of sarge are runing on my servers. Now I want to use more than 4Gb RAM that is why I am

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 03:36:25PM +0200, Kompar Krisztian wrote: I would like to get more information about AMD64 port of debain sarge. The stability and reliability is very important for me. For this time only official i386 release of sarge are runing on my servers. Now I want to use more

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-02 Thread Kompar Krisztian
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 10:05:27AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: If all you have a need for is to access more than 4 GB of RAM, then just recompile your kernel with CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y. Yes, I have read it that I can use maximum 64Gb memory using PAE. But lot of people wrote that 10-15% CPU

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:33:21PM +0200, Kompar Krisztian wrote: Yes, I have read it that I can use maximum 64Gb memory using PAE. But lot of people wrote that 10-15% CPU time need for this. Is it true? Uptime is very critical :) that is why I didn't try it, yet. PAE is slower than direct

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-02 Thread Dean Hamstead
i dont think anyone would say that the amd64 port is horendously unstable. as a server, most of your standard software is 64bit friendly and 64bit is by no means new ground for the linux kernel. for example, you shouldnt see any 64bit specific issues from... apache. mysql. postgresql. perl.

Re: debian_amd64_sarge/testing

2006-06-02 Thread Francesco Pietra
About ram, with: amd64 debian testing linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp at the moment 2GB ram when, in few days, it will be upgraded to 8GB ram, is that kernel OK? If not, is any suitable one available from debian repositories, or should I recompile the kernel and which CONFIG? Thank you

Re: debian_amd64_sarge/testing

2006-06-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:10:32PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: About ram, with: amd64 debian testing linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp at the moment 2GB ram when, in few days, it will be upgraded to 8GB ram, is that kernel OK? If not, is any suitable one available from debian

Re: debian_amd64_sarge/testing

2006-06-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Francesco Pietra wrote: About ram, with: amd64 debian testing linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp at the moment 2GB ram when, in few days, it will be upgraded to 8GB ram, is that kernel OK? If not, is any suitable one available from debian repositories, or should I recompile the kernel

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-02 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 12:57:09AM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: i dont think anyone would say that the amd64 port is horendously unstable. as a server, most of your standard software is 64bit friendly and 64bit is by no means new ground for the linux kernel. for example, you shouldnt see

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-02 Thread Hemlock
On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:36:25 +0200, Kompar Krisztian wrote Dear All, I would like to get more information about AMD64 port of debain sarge. The stability and reliability is very important for me. For this time only official i386 release of sarge are runing on my servers. Now I want to use

Re: debian_amd64_sarge/testing

2006-06-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 11:20:33AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: First, please don't top post. Second, it is generally not necessary to CC everyone involved in the coversation. We all read the list. Assuming everyone reads the list is not a valid assumption. People post questions at times

Re: debian_amd64_sarge

2006-06-02 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 11:24:49AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 12:57:09AM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: i dont think anyone would say that the amd64 port is horendously unstable. as a server, most of your standard software is 64bit friendly and 64bit is by no

Re: debian_amd64_sarge/testing

2006-06-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 11:20:33AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: First, please don't top post. Second, it is generally not necessary to CC everyone involved in the coversation. We all read the list. Assuming everyone reads the list is not a valid assumption.