On Sat, 29 Nov 2014, nick wrote: > Sorry Yiqun, > I was thinking of virtual memory so you are correct. I also haven't looked into > the kernel memory subsystem(s) in a while so I may be a little behind in my knownledge > of them. 2^1 The amount of memory that can be handled by a processor is available via /proc/cpuinfo: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 60 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz stepping : 3 microcode : 0x16 cpu MHz : 3400.132 cache size : 8192 KB clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual so this processor support a physical memory space of 2^39 = 512GB and a virtual address space of 256 TB. A 64 bit kernel can support what the processor supports. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
