Re: [dspam-users] dspam slows down the whole system

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On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 12:05:48PM -0600, Mike Horwath wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:53:08AM -0600, unit3 wrote:
> > Mike Horwath wrote:
> >
> > >Linux, as of 2.6.12 and higher for sure, seems to take a VM space per
> > >
> > >process (32bit mind you, 64bit doesn't have this issue) of 2GB.
> >
> > Hrm... that was really interesting to know. I wonder why 64-bit doesn't
> > do this?
>
> Because you have a much larger memory space to work with.
>
> Instead of 4GB by default, split in half between kernel and user
> space, you have something like <huge number>, split it in half and you
> still have far more space available for user processes.
>
> (actually, it is 46bit for many processors for memory access)
>
> if 32bit is 4GB...46bit will be...very large.
>
> --
> Mike Horwath, reachable via drechsau@Geeks.ORG

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