linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.32-rc3: low mem - only 378MB on x86

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Date:	Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:01:35 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, jeff.chua.linux@...il.com,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, mangoo@...g.org, daniel.blueman@...il.com,
	bstanoszek@...time.com, dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hugh@...itas.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.32-rc3: low mem - only 378MB on x86_32 with 64GB. Why?

Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
>> In fact, I wish more people did that, just so that we'd get better
>> coverage of the 32-bit compat code. We occasionally find issues there,
>> although I think it's getting rarer.
> 
> Maybe convince some distro to offer this setup as an option at least? I
> always wondered why no one has, or maybe I missed it.

Debian has a 64-bit kernel for its 32-bit "i386" architecture (and also for 
its 64-bit "amd64" architecture obviously):
- for stable: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64
- for unstable: http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-2.6.30-2-amd64

Cheers,
FJP
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