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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:26:12 -0800
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tim Edwards wrote:

>> This page (http://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/misc/limits)
>> says that it's 64GB in SL4 but gives no information for SL5. So two
>> questions:
>>
>> Does SL4 i386 have a 'HUGEMEM' kernel build or do you just build those
>> features into the normal -smp kernel build in order to support 64GB RAM?
>>
>> What is the memory limit on SL5 i386?

> Wow, that SL page is old.  Three years old.  I need to update it and put
> caveat's on it.  The problem is that I can't put a link to RedHat's page
> even though that is where I get the information.
>
> We use RedHat's kernel with no changes, compiling it to be compatible with
> their kernel.  So whatever RedHat has listed for limits is what we have for
> limits.

Same is true for CentOS kernels. So, this page may be useful:

https://www.centos.org/product.html

Akemi

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