Re: x86 question: Can a process have > 3GB memory?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 10 May 2002 20:42:46 +0100 (BST)

> kernel. It would be possible to allow program access to this RAM, although
> both Kernel and gcc support would be needed. M$ had "huge" memory models
> to go over 64k in the old 8086 days, doing loads of segment registers.

Alas that is not quite the case. You still have a 4Gb virtual address
space. If you want > 32bits, get a > 32bit processor. This one isnt as
simple as add segmentation and 'large model'
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