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On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:49:45 -0700 (PDT) |
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Pawel K <pawlaczus@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello |
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> I have 4 GB of ram and a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500. |
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> I compiled the kernel as follows: |
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> Processor family |
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> Core 2/newer Xeon |
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> Subarchitecture Type |
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> PC-compatible |
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> High Memory Support |
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> Off |
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> All my remaining packages are compiled as 32 bit binaries. |
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> The last switch causes my system to see less than 1 GB of memory: |
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> cat /proc/meminfo: |
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> MemTotal: 901816 kB |
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> AFAIK kernel does not need High Memory Support in case of 64 bit CPUs. |
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> What's wrong with my kernel config ? |
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> Maybe it does not run as a 64 bit CPU ? |
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> thanks for an answer. |
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If you want to keep your 32bit userland, you'll run into a chicken-or- |
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the-egg-problem (because you can't run 64bit software without a 64bit |
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kernel). |
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To avoid this, you could get a precompiled 64bit kernel and |
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boot with that one. Then you can use an AMD64-stage3 from Gentoo to |
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compile your own kernel. |
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I think, that's the easiest solution but I haven't tested it. |
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