Re: -mmX 4G patches feedback

From: Andrea Arcangeli
Date: Wed Apr 07 2004 - 16:53:18 EST


On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 02:19:18PM -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> Tuesday, April 06, 2004 00:16:41 +0200 Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 03:35:23PM -0600, Eric Whiting wrote:
> >> 4G of virtual address is what we need. Virtual address space is why the -mmX
> >> 4G/4G patches are useful. In this application it is single processes (usually
> >
> > Indeed.
> >
> >> 3.5:1.5 appears to be a 2.4.x kernel patch only right?
> >
> > Martin has a port for 2.6 in the -mjb patchset (though it only works
> > with PAE disabled but there are patches floating around to make it work
> > at not noticeable cost with PAE enabled too).
>
> There's no such thing as 3.5:1.5. Do you mean 3.5:0.5? or 2.5:1.5? ;-)

I meant 3.5:0.5, that's the additional config option in 2.4-aa and in
your tree too IIRC.
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