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* Vladimir G. Ivanovic <vgivanovic@×××××××.net> [2006-06-20 16:51]: |
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> I figured it out. The VMSPLIT options are *not* available on 64-bit |
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> systems. (Phew. It's neither encroaching madness nor Alzheimer's.) |
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Yeah... I suppose I wasn't paying close enough attention to what you |
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were saying. :-) |
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The VMSPLIT options are about how the kernel uses the 32 bit address |
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space (specifically, what fraction of the address space of each process |
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it reserves for its own use). A large portion of what a 64 bit system |
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gets you is more than 32 bits worth of address space, so I'm fairly sure |
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the entire issue is moot. :-) |
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(On the other hand, I have still yet to look really closely at the gory |
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details of how AMD64 works, and how linux uses it. I had a decent idea, |
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way back when the only implementations available were simulators, but |
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that was a while ago and I've forgotten a lot of it. As such, I might be |
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wrong.) |
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David Klempner |
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