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author | Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-12-11 20:41:57 +0000 |
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committer | Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-12-11 20:41:57 +0000 |
commit | a69e682cfb4c8e3b57468e5d76cc748d9c12e219 (patch) | |
tree | b557f92db3b3173a410d1eaddacca83369721aff | |
parent | e40da1f149432b09b5e0b3128c193add02161cfe (diff) | |
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Alpha can use 1 or 2 Gbyte of physical RAM max.
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml index 298b91d4dc9c..4ee46380482b 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml @@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ &os; run on a 16 Mbyte system but you will not enjoy that. Kernel build times halved when I went to 32 Mbytes. Note that the SRM console steals 2Mbyte from the total system memory (and keeps - it). For more serious work 64 Mbytes or more are recommended.</para> + it). For more serious work 64 Mbytes or more are recommended. + Although Alpha machines typically can accomodate large to very large + physical memory sizes, &os; is limited to 1 or 2 Gbytes (dependent + on the core chipset) of RAM. This restriction is due to the + current implementation of the VM system.</para> <para>While on the subject of memory: pay close attention to the type of memory your machine uses. There are very different memory |