> Well, I guess that is a matter of philosophy. I did not think a bigmem
> kernel was "stock".
AFAIK "stock kernel" in this context means that I did not build my own.
I just "aptitude install linux-image-2.6.28-1-686-bigmem" and go on with
my life.
> Also, we might have a discussion of the meaning of the phrase "in
> practice". Personally, my "practice" is to use a 64-bit system.
Well, you said "but in practice, 64-bit is required", so if your
"practice" is to use a 64bit system, then indeed your statement is true,
tho vacuously so.
> But I was wrong about it. How does a bigmem kernel address the full
> 4 GB?
Via PAE, AFAIK,
Stefan
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