Maximum memory allocation for 32bit linux kernel
- by LedZeppelin
I was reading this article that talks about how maximum amount of ram dedicated for kernel usage in 32 bit windows is 2GB even when the total amount of ram is 4GB.
http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/brianmadden/archive/2004/02/19/the-4gb-windows-memory-limit-what-does-it-really-mean.aspx\
Is this the same for 32bit linux environments like 32-bit ubuntu
10.04? IE is the max kernel allocation 2GB ram even if the total main memory 4GB?
If you increase the total amount of memory to 64GB of ram by
recompiling the kernel with the PAE option enabled, what is the
maximum amount of ram you can dedicate for kernel usage? Is it
still 2GB? Or can you increase it?