From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-64421-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1HrWBa-0006Xg-Gs for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:34:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4P9Wim4029611; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:32:44 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4P9SM13024626 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:28:22 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77DD1F61A for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:28:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id BQCyVOiuoN5C for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:28:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.113] (adsl-65-65-35-81.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [65.65.35.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C09391F5FB for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:28:20 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@volumehost.net> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Semi OT: 64 bit processors, the Linux Kernel, and x86 Gentoo. Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 04:28:10 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <AA0639A1EB70AE409130258CE7BDC3183237ED@messenger.cv63.navy.mil> In-Reply-To: <AA0639A1EB70AE409130258CE7BDC3183237ED@messenger.cv63.navy.mil> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1647281.vGGC1DnfZM"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200705250428.18507.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: c0ec2eb6-51ae-4891-871f-44f4125cd322 X-Archives-Hash: c880d2c9e4f4d01fdf2cbcec79029167 --nextPart1647281.vGGC1DnfZM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 25 May 2007 04:09:00 burlingk@cv63.navy.mil wrote: > So, unless I need the upper memory support, it may be better for me to > just not click the flag for 64bit memory support, and move on? IIRC, that's for PAE, which you definitely shouldn't use unless you have 4G= of=20 RAM or greater. Ticking that box doesn't make your kernel 64-bit though, anymore than=20 supporting 64-bit file offsets makes a kernel 64-bit. =2D-=20 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,=3D ,-_-. =3D.=20 bss03@volumehost.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-'=20 http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ =20 --nextPart1647281.vGGC1DnfZM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGVqwy55pqL7G1QFkRAqT+AJ0fDi8MdzO8mNxa2PmTkw2AJNen5gCePlrK TgUDxz+xf2+0n++kKnScyME= =2SPM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1647281.vGGC1DnfZM-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list