Subject: Re: PAE support time estimate?
To: Florian Heigl <floh@deranfangvomen.de>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 09/08/2006 22:56:36
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 07:34:54PM +0200, Florian Heigl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there any way of estimating when a NetBSD domU will work within a
> PAE-enabled Xen/Linux dom0 kernel?

AFAIK nobody is working on PAE support. x86_64 is probably easier

> Right now I just disabled my domUs (NetBSD was doing firewall, file server 
> and random services, in about 4 domUs total.), but I'm trying to figure
> out if I should just wait or figure out a diffent track, like compiling
> and removing PAE support again. I had enabled it as my new host supports
> 16GB ram and I'll upgrade to 9GB within a few weeks time, but on second
> thought that probably doesn't require PAE, right?

You need PAE if you have more than 4GB physical RAM (including the PCI
hole)

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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