Re: using more than 2 GB as a ram disk

Neil Conway (nconway.list@ukaea.org.uk)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:34:55 +0000

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Call it ridiculous. i386 et al only has 32 bits of linear address
> space. It can't work.

That's a little misleading, and it has been discussed here ad nauseam.

The later i386 chips have PSE (== 36 bits of address space using
segmentation). It's not pretty but it could be done. The fact that we
think it isn't worth the trouble is not the issue here.

Neil

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