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Date:      Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:21:02 +0100 (CET)
From:      Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Silly question regarding x86-64
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.50.0302041513380.29064-100000@scribble.fsn.hu>

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Hello,

I have a very silly (because real hardware isn't yet ready) question to
x86-64 support.
According to the docs, the first implementation of x86-64 will use PAE to
map 48 bit address space to 40 bit, which is 128 GB.

Will FreeBSD support that 40 bit addressing or it will be similar to the
alpha platform due to some bugs and will use only a smaller portion of the
available memory?

BTW, what's the exact state of this project? On its webpage the latest
news is from 13 April 2001. and says David O'Brien got the software
simulator...

Thanks,
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