On 2004-11-19, Chris Newport <me@see-my-sig.invalid> wrote:
>
> regardless of the CPU used ???
> Sparc64 (and most other 64 bit systems) can handle virtually
> unlimited memory. The 1Gb limit is an IA86 thing, it does not
> apply to other architectures.

Yes, but IIRC the kernel option still exists, even if it's not relevant.
So if the OP did decide to take the advice to purchase an AMD64 machine,
and put Slackware on it (which is still 32-bit!), he'd probably want to
recompile the kernel without the <=1GB memory option. (To fully reap
the benefits of the AMD64, of course, he'd need to do a whole lot more
than that.) I do not believe that there is a Slackware 10 pre-built
kernel without the <=1GB option.

At any rate, the OP is probably not benefitting a whole lot from this
tangent.

--keith

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