Re: programming with large memory requirements

Randy Howard <randyhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Ben Pfaff wrote
> (in article <878xxhc27s.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
>> Randy Howard <randyhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> Let me know when you locate a ram drive for a 32-bit box that
>>> supports 9GB ramdisks.
>>
>> If your 32-bit box supports 9 GB RAM, then there's little reason
>> to believe it wouldn't support 9 GB RAM disks. Why not?
>
> Then it should be easy for you to name one. :-)

A brief scan through the Linux 2.6 ramdisk driver doesn't show
any arbitrary limits. It's based out of the page cache, which is
itself not limited to 4 GB on 32-bit boxes.
--
Ben Pfaff
email: blp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: http://benpfaff.org
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