Re: using more than 2 GB as a ram disk

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:21:55 -0800 (PST)

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>
> > Call it ridiculous. i386 et al only has 32 bits of linear address
> > space. It can't work.
>
> However the PPro, PII, (PIII?) has 36 bit address; if I remeber correctly.
> That should give plenty of additional memory space.
>

*PHYSICAL* address space, yes. It is not accessible to a process.

Please people, learn about address spaces before commenting on this ad
nauseam.

-hpa

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