Linux Kernel using 64GB physical memory? 19
Andreas Spengler asks: "Can anyone confirm that in the newest development kernel
version 2.3.23 Linux seems to be able to address 64GB of
physical memory? Has anyone tried this out?" If this has happened, then it is a good thing.
not sure if it works but.... (Score:1)
note that thats the restriction on x86 proccessors, i would imagine alphas have either supported this for a long time, or support more
i've not seen an x86 board yet that can use more than 1 gig of ram, but then i really haven't seen any enterprise boards
Looks like 64 GB is supported (Score:2)
Since kernel 2.3.24, Linux supports up to 64 GB of physical memory and up to several TB of swap on the x86 platform. This means that this howto is now obsolete. The easiest way to use more than 1GB of memory is to get a newer kernel and run that.
I haven't tried it myself (send me 63.9375 GB of RAM and I will :), but it looks like the support is there. For more information, search for "64GB memory linux 2.3" on Google [google.com].
Pentium Pro-Coppermine (Score:2)
Don't expect to be able to cram anything over 1-2GB of ram into a machine anytime soon. The other limit is the Chipset, they normally only support upto 1GB mabey upto 2GB on nice motherboards. Linux and other OS's have used the the area from 2GB to 4GB to address the virtual memory (swap partition/file). SGI has been working recently to get Linux to support more than 2GB of physical ram(2GB real+2GB of swap=4GB of addressable memory)on x86. I think SGI released a patch to support upto 3.8GB of physical memory for the x86 platform.
All this talk about ram is making me sick of only having 64MB and everyone else at work has 128MB or 256MB for their home computers.
Re:not sure if it works but.... (Score:1)
Virtual Memory != Swap File (Score:2)
And as for motherboards/chipsets, the Micron that ftp.cdrom.com uses has a max of 8GB of RAM, but only 4GB is used, being the max amount available to FreeBSD.
alpha's can't go above 2GB (Score:1)
hope someone fixes this soon.
2.2.28? (Score:1)
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64 *GIG* on Linux? Who Cares? (Score:2)
I mean, really?
When was the last time anyone ate up four gig of memory? Or even two?
I've got an IBM RS/6000 S7A with four-gig of RAM and 12 processors serving a multi-gig Oracle database accessed by 300-400 users all day long. It doesn't use four gig of memory. (It uses about two-thirds but most of that is cache.)
What do you plan on running under Linux that would justify 32 gig of memory, let alone 64 gig?
And where are you going to find a motherboard and chipset that supports 64 gig?
Yes, it would be nice if Linux would support gobs of memory. But, from a practicle standpoint, what's the point?
(Yes, I realize that Bill Gates got in trouble for making similar statements (ie: 640k).)
InitZero
Re:64 *GIG* on Linux? Who Cares? (Score:1)
Re:64 *GIG* on Linux? Who Cares? (Score:1)
Learn the lessons time and experience teaches you (Score:1)
Whatever resources we can only dream of having now, in 10 years it won't be enough.
And even only from a PR standpoint, it is a good thing. Not too long ago Microsoft put up a page with 'Linux myths' on their site, trying to take the wind out of Linux's sails. One ot it's arguements was that, because Linux could address a smaller ammount of memory then Windows NT, it was less suited for an enterprise environment.
If Linux supports more memory then you'll ever need at that time, it shows that the Linux movement is committed to support even the most extreme and demanding applications, which is a good thing.
If there is room for improvement, use it. Limiting yourself will only hurt you later.
Re:64 *GIG* on Linux? Who Cares? (Score:1)
LOL
Re:alpha's can't go above 2GB (Score:1)
LONG LIVE ALPHA [alphalinux.org]!!!
Re:2.2.28? (Score:1)
darn keyboard tells the computer what i type not what i mean
cool username btw