linux-kernel - Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH motherboards.

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Message-id: <465D89E1.7030301@shaw.ca>
Date:	Wed, 30 May 2007 08:27:45 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6.21.3 does not work with 8GB of RAM on Intel 965WH
 motherboards.

Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Kernel dmesg attached from 8GB bootup.

It looks like part of the start of the output was truncated..

> Robert, how come the option is not applicable in 64-bit mode? If I want 
> to use all 8GB of memory I need to run a 32-bit kernel?
> 
> Justin.
> 

Highmem and PAE (which are essentially what the 4GB/64GB memory options 
control) are not needed in 64-bit mode, since we can access the entire 
64-bit address space directly.

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