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From: "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vgivanovic@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2GB of RAM
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:51:58
Message-Id: 1150839657.12836.49.camel@scarlatti.leonora.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] 2GB of RAM by David Klempner
1 On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 15:01 -0500, David Klempner wrote:
2 > * Vladimir G. Ivanovic <vgivanovic@×××××××.net> [2006-06-20 14:45]:
3 > > > >
4 > > > > Is that with x86 and 2.6.17? I had those config options with 2.6.16,
5 > > > > but they are not present in 2.6.17. Though looking at
6 > > > > /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/Kconfig I cannot see why the option was not
7 > > > > offered.
8 > > >
9 > > > For whatever reason, they made prompting about VMSPLIT dependent on
10 > > > CONFIG_EMBEDDED.
11 > >
12 > > This does not seem to be the case on my system
13 >
14 > It's still in the same place as it was before, and is *definitely* there
15 > in both 2.6.17 and 2.6.17-gentoo. (the actual change occurred in rc4)
16 >
17 > Processor type and features -> Memory split
18 >
19 > Note that CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not in the same place.
20 >
21 > General setup -> Configure standard kernel features
22
23 I figured it out. The VMSPLIT options are *not* available on 64-bit
24 systems. (Phew. It's neither encroaching madness nor Alzheimer's.)
25
26 --- Vladimir
27
28 --
29 Vladimir G. Ivanovic <vgivanovic@×××××××.net>
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