From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 22:46:07 2005 Return-Path: <owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG> X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3985816A41F for <cvs-src@FreeBSD.org>; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 22:46:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD04143D58 for <cvs-src@FreeBSD.org>; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 22:46:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (212.181.162.201) by pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 436FB1AD0005E9B0 for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 23:46:01 +0100 Received: (qmail 92943 invoked by uid 1001); 8 Nov 2005 23:46:00 +0100 Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 23:46:00 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <20051108224600.GA84327@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org References: <200511082212.jA8MCQXk039311@repoman.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200511082212.jA8MCQXk039311@repoman.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf PAE X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree <cvs-src.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-src>, <mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src> List-Post: <mailto:cvs-src@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-src>, <mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 22:46:07 -0000 On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 10:12:26PM +0000, Scott Long wrote: > scottl 2005-11-08 22:12:26 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/i386/conf PAE > Log: > The hptmv inherently believes that a 'long' can hold a physical address. > This hasn't been true on i386 for at least a decade, probably longer, but > I'm too lazy to look up the exact year that PAE support was introduced. FreeBSD did not get support for PAE until 2003, with 4.9 being the first release to support it. Support for >4G RAM (via PAE) in an x86 CPU was first introduced with the Pentium Pro in November 1995, almost exactly a decade ago. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se