Chuckles - Re: "Also, I was using a "potential 64-bit x86"
At least a few companies are supporting Intel's servers with 4 Gig data addressing.
Will AMD's SMP servers get this attention ?
Paul
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infoworld.com
Linux extension doubles memory on Intel servers
By Douglas F. Gray
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 6:50 AM PT, Sep 8, 1999
Siemens and Linux distributor SuSE announced Wednesday a Linux extension that allows for the use of up to 4GB of RAM on servers powered by Intel processors.
The new extension is a major step up from the 2GB of RAM that previously was the maximum memory available on Intel servers running the Linux operating system, said Frank Schuhmann, a spokesman at SuSE.
"This will mainly affect companies with large business applications," Schuhmann said, adding that companies running enterprise resource planning applications such as those from SAP will have the most to gain.
SuSE contributed its experience with Linux to the collaboration, while Siemens brought the hardware expertise. They have been working together for more than a year, Schuhmann said.
The extension is available as a free download from SuSE's Web site. SuSE and Siemens worked closely with Linux creator Linus Torvalds to develop the extension, which is already in the Linux 2.3.15 developer's kernel, SuSE said.
Last month at Linuxworld, Torvalds discussed the forthcoming system kernel Version 2.4, which he said will be released by the end of this year.
SuSE GmbH, in Nuremberg, Germany, can be reached at www.suse.de. Siemens AG, in Munich, Germany, and Berlin, is at www.siemens.de.
Doug Gray is a London correspondent for the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate.
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