linux-kernel - Re: Patch kernel: I have 8 Gbytes RAM, but why I can only allocate 2.8 Gbytes RAM for a single process?

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Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:58:47 +0100
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
To:	Ady Wicaksono <ady.wicaksono@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Patch kernel: I have 8 Gbytes RAM, but why I can only allocate
 2.8 Gbytes RAM for a single process?

On 25-02-08 08:44, Ady Wicaksono wrote:

> I have 8 Gbytes RAM, but why I can allocate 2.8 Gbytes RAM for a single
> process? How to patch kernel so I have more than 2.8 Gbytes limitation?

[ ... ]

> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx
> lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est cid xtpr

Run a 64-bit kernel and userspace. not a 32-bit.

Rene.
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