From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 21:52:57 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 05124106566C for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:52:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8E738FC14 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:52:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qcmt40 with SMTP id t40so339203qcm.13 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:52:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=xV51aeNzp9Hj7b7iicaj5hLr2njMJkYo7kiYJloWFcQ=; b=hFANaM/tZbA/aI49VCtpxCg1qoQOlkGXV5YgvCWsK3xtoeL4pbkCTynUwfkjowjhdP xlHTLmkWx7ZAeDJhL4R9QkqZfjzdcCZkEv5ffkvnHoiLo7ek2RMXfVZpGSyGHGe4naJC 8x9YgmR8J5GeRUSljk1gVJCOyUol/6JAd6tjg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.69.96 with SMTP id y32mr5167279qci.47.1329254881145; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:28:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.216.70 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:28:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F3ACBFA.8030204@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4F3ABA3C.5090908@hargray.com> <4F3ACBFA.8030204@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:28:01 -0800 Message-ID: From: Nerius Landys To: Matthew Seaman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 21:52:57 -0000 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.