[OT] Memory Models and Multi/Virtual-Cores -- WAS: 4.0 -> 4.1 update failing

[loony at loonybin.org (Peter Arremann)]

On Friday 24 June 2005 09:59, Feizhou wrote:
> >There are a few comments on how the Athlon differs from Intel because of
> >the Alpha EV6, but not the more technical detail I was referring to.
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107759901509280&w=2
>
> The Linux option in bios is mentioned here.
>
> >Again, to get this "mode" you have to:
> >a)  Tell the BIOS to enable a "Linux" memory mode
> >b)  Have a Linux kernel (Linux/x86-64 I believe?) that supports it
> >
> >Yes, that's a modification of the Linux/x86-64 kernel running on a "32-
> >bit" Athlon, because it offers the extended, linear memory addressing
> >and other memory management.
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107757492125437&w=2
>
> I think what Bryan here is talking about is called IOMMU by the kernel
> guys. _______________________________________________

Thanks - but both links again talk about a 32bit/4GB schema and don't talk at 
all about addressing >4GB without the need for paging - that was the 
statement Bryan made when posting. 

Peter.