[SLL] 32 bit distro that supports 4GB ram with stock kernel

[Rob Smith]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Brian Lane <bcl at brianlane.com> wrote:
>  Actually it does. Read the article. But it is 1G of *virtual* memory, so
>  you don't see the effect until you cross the 3G line on 32bit systems.
>
>  I probably wasn't clear that I meant virtual address space, not real RAM.

So how does that affect available physical ram which is the topic?