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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:30:04 -0400 From: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> CC: yogeshwar sonawane <yogyas@...il.com>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: How much kernel memory is in 64-bit OS ? Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> It depends on the architecture. >> >> However, all 64 bit architectures have one thing in common. >> There is so much address space available for both kernel and >> userspace that we won't have to worry about a shortage for a >> very long time. >> >> Sure, people said that too when going from 16 bits to 32 bits, >> but that was only a factor 2^16 difference. This time it's the >> square of the previous difference. > > Not quite the square :) 2^32 is the square of 2^16 :) -- What is important? What you want to be true, or what is true? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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