Re: 2.6.32-rc3: low mem - only 378MB on x86_32 with 64GB. Why?

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Oct 06 2009 - 10:37:12 EST




On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Jeff Chua wrote:
>
> First, have to compile gcc so that it can compile 64 bit kernel. That's a
> tough one!

It's supposed to be easier these days, but I guess distros don't compile
in support for 64-bit mode by default. Just using another machine may be
the simplest approach, if you have any 64-bit distro around.

Linus
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