Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Mad Props" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Why not just buy a amd64/em64t cpu and run a 64bit kernel with 32bit >> userland? >> >> Gives you all of the 4GB (minus a few pages) without hacks or extra >> patches and without slowdowns. >> >> MfG >> Goswin > > The 4GB Address Space thing is

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit "Mad Props" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So what I need to know is whether those modifications are rather > comprehensive/complicated or not and whether it is feasible to get finished > within 4 month... Debian-devel really is not the most natural place to ask such a questions. It does not appe

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-05 Thread Mad Props
> Why not just buy a amd64/em64t cpu and run a 64bit kernel with 32bit > userland? > > Gives you all of the 4GB (minus a few pages) without hacks or extra > patches and without slowdowns. > > MfG > Goswin The 4GB Address Space thing is one of the topics proposed as thesis at my universi

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:56:24PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Why not just buy a amd64/em64t cpu and run a 64bit kernel with 32bit >> userland? > > i386 have no 64bit kernel currently. > > Bastian > > -- > Warp 7 -- It's a law we can live wit

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-04 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:56:24PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Why not just buy a amd64/em64t cpu and run a 64bit kernel with 32bit > userland? i386 have no 64bit kernel currently. Bastian -- Warp 7 -- It's a law we can live with. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: 4GB address space

2006-03-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Gabor Gombas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 05:46:07PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > [...] >> > user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the >> > kernel runs it's own AS. > [...] >> >> Run "make menuconfig"; then, select "Processor type and

Re: 4GB address space

2006-02-28 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 05:46:07PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: [...] > > user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the > > kernel runs it's own AS. [...] > > Run "make menuconfig"; then, select "Processor type and features", and > "High Memory Support". Done. The q

Re: 4GB address space

2006-02-28 Thread Jim Crilly
On 02/28/06 04:19:45PM +0100, Mad Props wrote: > Hi, > > i'm interested in whether it is possible to modify the Linux kernel so that > user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the > kernel runs it's own AS. > > If yes, how complicated would that be ?? > > Thanks, >

Re: 4GB address space

2006-02-28 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:19:45PM +0100, Mad Props wrote: > i'm interested in whether it is possible to modify the Linux kernel so that > user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the > kernel runs it's own AS. Why would you want to do such a thing? If you really need

Re: 4GB address space

2006-02-28 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:19:45PM +0100, Mad Props wrote: > Hi, > > i'm interested in whether it is possible to modify the Linux kernel so that > user applications can use the whole 4GB of virtual address space while the > kernel runs it's own AS. > > If yes, how complicated would that be ?? Ru