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?

Thank you for your time.
Phy

--- Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 23 May 2004, Phy Prabab wrote:
> > 
> > I have been researching the 4g patches for
> kernels. 
> > Seems there was a rift between people over this. 
> Is
> > there any plan to resume publishing 4g patches for
> > developing kernels?
> 
> Quite frankly, a number of us are hoping that we can
> make them
> unnecessary. The cost of the 4g/4g split is
> absolutely _huge_ on some
> things, including basic stuff like kernel compiles.
> 
> The only valid reason for the 4g split is that the
> VM doesn't always 
> behave well with huge amounts of highmem. The
> anonvma stuff in 2.6.7-pre1 
> is hoped to make that much less of an issue.
> 
> Personally, if we never need to merge 4g for real,
> I'll be really really 
> happy. I see it as a huge ugly hack.
> 
> 			Linus



	
		
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