Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WHmotherboards.

[Robert Hancock]

Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Kernel dmesg attached from 8GB bootup.

It looks like part of the start of the output was truncated..

> Robert, how come the option is not applicable in 64-bit mode? If I want 
> to use all 8GB of memory I need to run a 32-bit kernel?
>
> Justin.

Highmem and PAE (which are essentially what the 4GB/64GB memory options 
control) are not needed in 64-bit mode, since we can access the entire 
64-bit address space directly.

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