From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 21:32:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EB69106566B for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:32:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AA28FC12 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:32:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:fa1e:dfff:feda:c0bb]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q1ELWM2D026814 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:32:22 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk q1ELWM2D026814 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1329255143; bh=nXUazhMHEZGs2aq1BYT1+3kvGLLBau06EJTy1oUsBfk=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=ns4gqhYXroGca8E3iYm5SkHMOYicwStvzn6jKji4ID8bR99R8LX06i/EkG+dwaZC0 ODEk55VooxFbg22LUDsMuEXOK44bHULXVGTbXsjOf/mUUXOhRgxMKtMw1uLaPw541A S0eveFNlhhLwn4PuIe6lpQwV8jXaIry/P7YFFHic= Message-ID: <4F3AD2E6.90301@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:32:22 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20120208 Thunderbird/10.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nerius Landys References: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> <4F3ACBFA.8030204@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig93EB5DCC06FDD1833A130364" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Processor question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:32:29 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig93EB5DCC06FDD1833A130364 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 14/02/2012 21:28, Nerius Landys wrote: > If you do choose 32 bit, you can compile the PAE kernel which will > allow access to all of your memory, but you'll still be limited to > under 4 GB per process memory. Better pray all your devices have PAE compatible drivers then. PAE is an obsolete bodge. A sticking plaster for people stuck with 32-bit processors but who needed lots of RAM. Just be glad you have 64-bit capable processors nowadays so you don't ever need to use it. The sooner it fades into history, the better. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig93EB5DCC06FDD1833A130364 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk860uYACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxDPgCfd+f4kMuUpk2TyCUDdCd4gmQf IfQAniDCh/z2vxIpHRSMJnzmJdmddeZ1 =hL5I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig93EB5DCC06FDD1833A130364--