Re: more than 3 GB in userspace (4G/4G patch?) for 2.6.16

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <448F207A.6080601@xxxxxxxx>
By author:    Hanno Mueller <sockpuppet@xxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> on my 8 GB system with two 32-bit-xeons, I would like to have more than
> 3 gigs in userspace.
> 

See if you can replace them with 64-bit Xeons.  That would be the best option.

> A 0.5/3.5 GB split appears to be what I need for my application.

That is incompatible with PAE.  The way PAE works, the split has to be
an even number of gigabytes.

	-hpa
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