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Date:      Sat, 31 May 2008 12:04:52 +0200
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is there any way to increase the KVM?
Message-ID:  <g1r7s4$mg5$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <6a7033710805302252v43a7b240x66ca3f5e3dd5fda4@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <6a7033710805302252v43a7b240x66ca3f5e3dd5fda4@mail.gmail.com>

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Tz-Huan Huang wrote:

> Is there any standard way to modify the layout of KVM? For example, we
> may want to set KVM to 6G and leave the 2G for user space usage.

> [2] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-March/084325.html

Isn't this a limitation of gcc and the kernel/userland memory model
inherited from Linux?

ref:
http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/gccintro/gccintro_65.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.4/gcc/i386-and-x86_002d64-Options.html
(see -mcmodel=kernel)

If it is, I don't think it will be "fixed" soon.




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