Promoting i386 version over x86_64?

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Thu Nov 19 21:50:49 UTC 2009


On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 04:13:39PM -0500, Casey Dahlin wrote:
 
 > Most recent 32-bit Intels can address 32GB of system memory.
 
It might be possible, but it's really not a good idea.
Even 16GB is pushing it. At that point, your lower 1GB of memory is so full
of page structs, that quickly invoking the oom-killer is inevitable.

	Dave




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