Re: PROBLEM: Linux 2.6.0-test11 only lets me use 1GB out of 2GB ram.

From: William Lee Irwin III (wli_at_holomorphy.com)
Date: 12/11/03

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    To: moth@magenta.com
    
    

    On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:17:41AM -0500, moth@magenta.com wrote:
    > I'm not wondering if > 2GB is supported. I'm trying to get 2GB
    > to work (and I'm having a problem -- perhaps because I believe
    > Documentation/memory.txt doesn't cover the issues I'm facing).
    > I've not yet bothered with highmem, but I will if building a 64 bit
    > kernel doesn't get me access to 2GB.
    > Does that answer your question?

    You should be fine with a 64-bit kernel.

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