Re: PAE and i386 kernel

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 09:36:41AM -0600, Brook Milligan wrote:
> 
> - Add more memory to support some large calculations that require lots
>   of RAM.

With an i386 kernel, you're not going to get far with this, PAE or no.
The address space available to any process is still limited to 32 bits --
support for PAE in the kernel would just get you back the 200-500MB of
memory possibly reserved for memory-mapped devices below the 4GB line.

Thor