fc1_x86_64 preview on tyan thunder k8w (S2885ANRF REV .03)

[dsavage at peaknet.net]

On Wednesday December 10, 2003 Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 December 2003 15:57, Jesse Keating wrote:
>> Thats not a "bigmem" kernel.  I don't think that kernel has PAE
>> enabled, so you're limited to "4gigs" of ram.
>
> Whoops, I take this back. I see by your other email that this wasn't the
>  case.  Does x86_64 even need PAE to access more than 4 gigs of ram?

Nope. Flat addressing up to 2^64. (Carl Sagen, we miss ya!) Motherboard
makers might not lay down all 64 traces though.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL