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 ) id 1HrWZW-0004J0-UD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:59:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4P9vhK4012049; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:57:43 GMT Received: from dnsmail1.fleet.navy.mil (pacfa.fleet.navy.mil [205.56.145.34]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4P9qsaT006360 for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:52:56 GMT Received: from VSCAN3 ([157.153.3.104]) by dnsmail1.fleet.navy.mil (8.12.11.SSC-RH.1/8.12.9) with SMTP id l4P9oLR3019748 for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:52:54 GMT Received: from cv63ucsex1.cv63.navy.mil ([157.153.3.104]) by VSCAN3 (SMSSMTP 4.1.11.41) with SMTP id M2007052509525520201 for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:52:56 GMT content-class: urn:content-classes:message Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Semi OT: 64 bit processors, the Linux Kernel, and x86 Gentoo. Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 18:53:26 +0900 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-user] Semi OT: 64 bit processors, the Linux Kernel, and x86 Gentoo. Thread-Index: Aceer/1R6GtD6J9VQPq9A9oZu2BedgAAn5LA From: To: X-Archives-Salt: 911bee53-1a87-495a-908d-74563dc38290 X-Archives-Hash: 086a1f0c95daf19997427ea813754c75 > -----Original Message----- > From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [mailto:bss03@volumehost.net]=20 > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 6:28 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Semi OT: 64 bit processors, the=20 > Linux Kernel, and x86 Gentoo. >=20 >=20 > On Friday 25 May 2007 04:09:00 burlingk@cv63.navy.mil wrote: > > So, unless I need the upper memory support, it may be=20 > better for me to=20 > > just not click the flag for 64bit memory support, and move on? >=20 > IIRC, that's for PAE, which you definitely shouldn't use=20 > unless you have 4G of=20 > RAM or greater. >=20 > Ticking that box doesn't make your kernel 64-bit though, anymore than=20 > supporting 64-bit file offsets makes a kernel 64-bit. >=20 What makes the difference between a 64 bit kernel, and a 32 bit kernel? =20 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list