Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 17:03:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> To: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> Cc: Jeff Soule <hosting@webcrossing.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Max Memory question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008161701590.86882-100000@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000816213620.u98jobj@stud.hh.se>
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joel Bjork mumbled: > If I recall correctly the 4GB memory limit is due to the x86 structure. There > is some info on this on the cdrom.com homepage but I can't find it. Basically > it said that they were thinking of moving to Alpha architecture to be able to > handle more requests. I thought that I heard somewhere that the Intel Xeon processors supported 36-bit memory addressing... thus upping it's limit to 32GB. Could anyone confirm this? // Linh Pham // http://closedsrc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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