Re: can somebody explain how linux support 64G memory

2001-02-20 Thread Robert Read
There are two ways, the PAE flag and the PSE-36 feature introduced in P3. These extensions are documented in the IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manuals, which you can find here: http://developer.intel.com/design/Pentium4/manuals/ Look in Volume 3, Chapter 3 for this info.

can somebody explain how linux support 64G memory

2001-02-20 Thread michaelc
Hi, How does linux support more than 4G memory? I 've read the documentation of Intel IA-32 Architecture, I knew that OS just address up to 4G physical address space, If OS want to access additional 4-GByte section of physical memory, it must change the pointer in register CR3 or

can somebody explain how linux support 64G memory

2001-02-20 Thread michaelc
Hi, How does linux support more than 4G memory? I 've read the documentation of Intel IA-32 Architecture, I knew that OS just address up to 4G physical address space, If OS want to access additional 4-GByte section of physical memory, it must change the pointer in register CR3 or

Re: can somebody explain how linux support 64G memory

2001-02-20 Thread Robert Read
There are two ways, the PAE flag and the PSE-36 feature introduced in P3. These extensions are documented in the IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manuals, which you can find here: http://developer.intel.com/design/Pentium4/manuals/ Look in Volume 3, Chapter 3 for this info.