From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261239AbUEXHFd (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 03:05:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262208AbUEXHFc (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 03:05:32 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:30616 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261239AbUEXHFT (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 03:05:19 -0400 Subject: Re: 4g/4g for 2.6.6 From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Phy Prabab Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20040523215519.48712.qmail@web90008.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20040523215519.48712.qmail@web90008.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-YbliFrT6/IxkhIIomXBN" Organization: Red Hat UK Message-Id: <1085382314.2780.6.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 09:05:14 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-YbliFrT6/IxkhIIomXBN Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 23:55, Phy Prabab wrote: > So do I understand this correctly, in 2.6.7(+) it will > no longer be necessary to have the 4g patches? I will > be able to get 4g/process with the going forward > kernels? The kernel RPMs I do (http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/) pretty much will have it always for 2.6. Not just for large memory configs, but because several userspace applications (databases, java etc) really like that extra Gb of virtual space too.=20 As for the cost; 4:4 split seems to be hardly expensive at all, only in some microbenchmarks. --=-YbliFrT6/IxkhIIomXBN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAsZ6qxULwo51rQBIRAu0YAJ4xPh7FQa/SWz7nRAXeg5dz7HWfPACfSeSw 06aZ/CXX+iscXwGbiGZDHbU= =7geg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-YbliFrT6/IxkhIIomXBN--