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RE: Alpha Linux process and swap size limits?

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> I vaguely remember from earlier messages to this list that there is an
> alpha linux 2.2.x kernel imposed upper limit to the amount of physical
> memory supported.
>
> Are there any hard upper limits imposed on process size or swap size?
> If so, what are they?

There's a 2 GByte limit for physical memory imposed by the PCI driver
interface. Depending on your kernel, it may be compiled to have 1 GByte as
the limit.

The limit for process size and swap is huge, I believe.

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