At 23.17 24/08/2005, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
>Am Mi, den 24.08.2005 schrieb Andy Pieters um 22:48:
>
>Don't top-post please.
>
>> IIRC, you need to use the hugemem kernel! I don't seem to remember there
>> being a combination of hugemen and smp, but that can be resolved
by doing a
>> compile-your-own-kernel, which isn't so hard after all.
>
>"The other difference with the hugemem kernel is that the kernel and
>userspace address spaces are split 4GB/4GB, meaning that with the
>hugemem kernel, a userspace program has access to its 4GB."
>
>The problem is that Roberto's hardware (motherboard + BIOS) does not
>remap the memory area used by I/O, which must be inside the 4GB on 32bit
>systems, beyond the 4GB barrier. A kernel with the 4G/4G patch would not
>change that.
Ok! Now I understand the problem, so do you mean that I have to look at
BIOS upgrade in order to "resolve" (partially?) the problem?
>
>> Andy
>
>Alexander
Roberto Fichera.
