Subject: Re: >4GB RAM on i386??
To: Witold J. Wnuk <witek@wnuk.eu.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/15/2001 17:54:05
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 10:57:17PM +0100, Witold J. Wnuk wrote:

 > Is 32bit PCI memory space still mapped to the first 4GB in such case? I would 
 > think that it should, for compatibility reasons and convenience.
 > 
 > So either some of these 4GB RAM is mapped above 4GB in physical address space 
 > or is masked by mapped PCI devices.
 > 
 > How is it done? Could someone shed some light on this?

Yah, you need bounce buffers (remember ISA? :-)

PCs suck, sigh.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>