Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 11:49:41 +0200 From: Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Pierre-Yves.Peneau@lip6.fr Subject: Re: How FreeBSD manage more than 4GB on 32 bits architecture Message-ID: <20150409114941.692910293a8120de4dafd400@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <5526408F.1090005@asim.lip6.fr> References: <5526408F.1090005@asim.lip6.fr>
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On Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:04:15 +0200 Pierre-Yves P=E9neau <Pierre-Yves.Peneau@lip6.fr> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > For my internship, I have to find a way to manage more than 4GB of > memory with 32 bits processors. It seems that the FreeBSD kernel is > the perfect candidate for that. According to the architecture handbook > (*), "FreeBSD could theoretically handle memory configurations up to > 8TB on a 32 bit platform." >=20 > For the last two days, I was looking for documentation, articles, > thesis, or e-mails on that topic, but I can't find relevant > informations. Is anybody have informations on that topic ? Where > should I start to read the source code to find my answers ? You are looking for PAE. Check https://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/hardware.html#idp56343376 as starting= point. > Thank you in advance. >=20 >=20 > (*) https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/arch-handbook/vm-kvm.html --- --- Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es>
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