Executable memory: some apps that work on RH9 don't on FC1

Michael K. Johnson johnsonm at redhat.com
Tue Nov 18 20:29:25 UTC 2003


On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 07:35:20PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> The application has complete control over its address space within the size
> limits provided by the kernel (3GB with most Linux kernels, 4GB-16MB with
> some FC1 kernels).  Presumption of what addresses the kernel will use in

FYI: actually, the 4GB-16MB kernel is the "hugemem" kernel we ship in
RHEL 3 but not in Fedora Core.

michaelkjohnson

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