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List:       openbsd-bugs
Subject:    Re: Only 3.5G memory seen on a 10G i386 P3Xeon system
From:       John DiMarco <jdd () cs ! toronto ! edu>
Date:       2019-06-28 13:06:29
Message-ID: 20190628130629.9B4A332054D () apps1 ! cs ! toronto ! edu
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In message <54389077a499511d@bloch.sibelius.xs4all.nl>you write:
>>Fix:
>	enable PAE?
>
>Sorry, but no, that won't happen.  We tried this years ago, but the
>changes needed to support a 64-bit paddr_t on 32-bit architectures
>were deemded too invasive/risky.  For the same reason OpenBSD/armv7
>will never support large amounts of memory either.

OK. Thanks for the clarity, much appreciated.

Regards,

John
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