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Re: 4GB memory limit on Pentium
- To: sams at myself dot com
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] 4GB memory limit on Pentium
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 19:05:07 +0100
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <01102310482503.20563@highlight>
Sam Sortais wrote:
>
> I would like to use Pentium Pro based PC architecture to address more than
> 4GB of memory. I understand they can go over the 32 limit barrier in two
> ways, using PAE flag or PSE-36 feature.
> Does anybody know if eCos manage memory addressing over 4GB and if so how?
No it can't - eCos is intended for deeply embedded systems, and systems
with 4Gb memory are rarely that! Embedded Linux would be a better fit if
you have lots of memory spare.
Jifl
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