Re: Status of sendfile() + HIGHMEM

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Jeff Garzik wrote:

> "H. Peter Anvin" wrote:
> 
>>zeus.kernel.org is currently running with HIGHMEM turned off, since it
>>crashed due to an unfortunate interaction between sendfile() and HIGHMEM
>>-- this was using 2.4.10-ac4 or thereabouts.
>>
>>The current zeus.kernel.org has 1 GB of RAM, however, it looks like we're
>>going to get a 6 GB machine donated.  Clearly HIGHMEM is going to be
>>necessary (still an x86 machine, unfortunately), and I wanted to ask if it
>>was believed that these problems had been worked out...
>>
> 
> Get a 64-bit machine and forget about doing >32bits on a 32-bit machine
> :)
> 


You're right, of course.  Unfortunately, beggars can't be choosers.  :(

	-hpa



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