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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:14:55 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: maximum possible memory limit ..
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On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 09:45:53AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Realistic limit currently is ~16GB with an IA32 box.  For more you need
> > an 64bit architecture.
> 
> Let's say 32GB :)  It boots just fine with 2.5.68, no additional
> patches.  There's even half a gig of lowmem free.

But what happens when you stress test it? No deadlocks?

-Andi