[haiku-3rdparty-dev] Crazy idea 32 Bit Haiku accessing more than 4GB of ram
- From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6723@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-3rdparty-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 02:36:32 +0000
> On 7/27/14, Thomas Mueller <mueller6723@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > FreeBSD and NetBSD i386 versions offer PAE as a kernel config option, but
> > there are stability issues and drivers that can't be used in combination
> > with PAE.
> > I think it might be better to port Haiku to amd64, which I see is already in
> > early stages.
> Can I suggest you do a bit more research before spouting off replies
> on the mailing lists? You seem to have quite a habit of doing this.
> The whole reason this discussion came up is precisely because Haiku
> already does support PAE.
> > I don't know if FreeBSD or NetBSD i386 PAE code could be ported to Haiku but
> > think Haiku amd64 would have better prospects and less limitations.
> Haiku has been fully operational on x86-64 for some time now. It's
> simply not the primary build since it can't run the existing base of
> 32-bit applications at the moment.
> Regards,
> Rene
I looked at the bottom of the page http://www.haiku-files.org
and saw emphasis on "unsupported" for all versions except x86 gcc2 hybrid, and
got the impression that amd64 support was at an early stage.
Maybe more operational than the NetBSD-current amd64 that I'm now in?
I saw no indication of PAE support on Haiku website, and Earl Pottinger's
original post did not leave me with the impression that Haiku supported PAE.
Tom
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