Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:54:38 +0800 (SGT) From: Chan Tur Wei <twchan@singnet.com.sg> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3 and 6G RAM Message-ID: <20010721125252.O5244-100000@zaapth.twnet.org> In-Reply-To: <68680000.995684623@vpn88.ece.cmu.edu>
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Hi, Heh heh. Just a wild idea: How about a multi-processor system FreeBSD where each CPU gets mapped to different 4G segments? Perhaps some of the address space can overlap to offer real SMP? Regards -T.W.Chan- On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 23:03:46 -0400 > From: Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <allbery@ece.cmu.edu> > To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> > Cc: janb@cs.utep.edu, Daniel C. Sobral <daniel.sobral@tcoip.com.br>, > Stefan Molnar <stefan@csudsu.com>, Marek Gorka <marek.gorka@tpi.pl>, > freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3 and 6G RAM > > On Saturday, July 21, 2001 03:04:32 +0100, Andrew Boothman > <andrew@cream.org> wrote: > +----- > | Has any other BSD or linux tackled this issue yet? > +--->8 > > There are Linux patches for 64GB support, and at least one Linux > distribution includes those patches (the 2.4-SMP kernel in SuSE 7.[12]). > > -- > brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][freebsd] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net > system administrator [JAPH][WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu > electrical and computer engineering KF8NH > carnegie mellon university [linux: proof of the million monkeys theory] > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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