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| author | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-12-11 20:41:57 +0000 |
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| committer | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-12-11 20:41:57 +0000 |
| commit | 45b9cec85cc52bfd3ddacb6b52e5e6686859e12e (patch) | |
| tree | b557f92db3b3173a410d1eaddacca83369721aff /release | |
| parent | 88c8b6a50312f2f97169a293bbeb03126493901b (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-45b9cec85cc52bfd3ddacb6b52e5e6686859e12e.zip FreeBSD-src-45b9cec85cc52bfd3ddacb6b52e5e6686859e12e.tar.gz | |
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 298b91d..4ee4638 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 |
