Thread (19 messages) flat view 19 messages, 8 authors, 2006-08-16

RE: PowerPC paxtest results w/ gcc-4.1

From: Matt Sealey <hidden>
Date: 2006-08-14 12:17:28

That looks like a 64-bit system, which doesn't have the 
granularity problem anyway. 32-bit powerpc seems to be 
decent. The heap shares with the executable itself, and of 
course there is the yucky 2 GB limit.
One thing I'm curious about, has anyone EVER made a system which
actually used the 36-bit addressing on the G4?

I always wondered why such support was never in Linux but then
again if nobody connected the other 4 address lines on any PowerPC
board ever made that ran Linux, there's nothing ever to test it
on anyway. It wouldn't be any more problematic (same way as the NX
bit..) than Intel PAE support, right?

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Matt Sealey [off-list ref]
Manager, Genesi, Developer Relations
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