[SLL] PAE (was: Re: 32 bit distro that supports 4GB ram with stock kernel)

[Chuck Wolber]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Jesse Keating wrote:

> It's when you go over 4 gigs that you start needing something special on 
> 32bit, and that "special" comes in the form of Physical Address 
> Extension, the hack on 32bit platforms to address things greater than 4 
> gigs.

For a basic primer on PAE you can check here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

Linus Torvalds has commented rather unfavorably on PAE:

	According to Torvalds, "the only real major failure of the x86 is 
	the PAE crud".

Reference: 
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2003/02/24/linus-torvalds-itanium-threw-out-all-the-good-parts-of-the-x86


..Chuck..


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