SUMMARY: PAE-kernel?

Johann Spies <jspies-/[email protected]> Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:33:48 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.admin.managers
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On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 10:27:14AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:

> Warning only 4GB will be used.
> Use a PAE enabled kernel.
> 3200MB HIGHMEM available.
> 896MB LOWMEM available.
> 
> Top reports:
> 
> I am using a 2.6.12 kernel here and could not find anything in the
> kernel documentation about how to enable a PAE kernel.  In the menu
> (from make menuconfig)  there was no menu-option about PAE.  When I
> search for PAE I found:  "Symbol: X86_PAE [=n] ".  So I put
> CONFIG_X86_PAE=y in .config but it was removed when I built the
> kernel.

I discovered CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y is the way to make the kernel
PAE-enabled.

The kernel with that option now shows:

4224MB HIGHMEM available.
896MB LOWMEM available.


Regards
Johann
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Johann Spies          Telefoon: 021-808 4036
Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch

     "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not
      lean on your own understanding."
                                        Proverbs 3:5
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