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Re: can only allocate ~404 GB on a 512 GB machine ?

From: Martin Vogt <martin dot vogt at itwm dot fraunhofer dot de>
To: libc-help at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:04:48 +0100
Subject: Re: can only allocate ~404 GB on a 512 GB machine ?
References: <4B8F8B50.8070007@itwm.fraunhofer.de> <4B8FC5A1.2030907@itwm.fraunhofer.de>

Martin Vogt wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I just checked OpenSuSE 11.2 Live CD.
> The precompiled binary can allocate 450 GB.
> OpenSuSE 11.2 comes with glibc 2.10.
> 
> Is there a workaround to get the same on glibc 2.9?
> (I'm assuming now its glibc, not the kernel)

ok,

a SuSE 11.1 installer (initrd) can allocate 450gb too.
Now its looks not like a kernel/glibc problem at all.

More like a config option or some patches.
(Only to let you know)

regards,

Martin

References:
- can only allocate ~404 GB on a 512 GB machine ?
  - From: Martin Vogt
- Re: can only allocate ~404 GB on a 512 GB machine ?
  - From: Martin Vogt

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