On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 00:06 -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 10:51:29PM -0600, Marc Schwartz wrote: > > > > The biggest change in this kernel over the older ones > > > that affects all x86 users, is that the 4g/4g > > > memory split is no longer the default. If you > > > have a lot of memory (16GB or more), or have a workload > > > that benefits from being able to have more address > > > space, you can use the -hugemem kernel to run with > > > 4g/4g again. The regular non-hugemem kernels have > > > the traditional 3:1 split. > > > > Is the fix for the b44 issue > > (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118165) > > incorporated into the kernels yet? > > yes. I actually trimmed too much of the changelog. > There's another few days of changes that went in. > > > Also, does the change in the 4g/4g status influence the b44 fix? > > In that the bug only affects -hugemem. So it's doubly fixed 8) > > Dave snip > - Fix problem with b44 driver and 4g/4g patch. (#118165) Great! :-) As soon as the new kernel hits my mirror I will install it. Thanks! Marc