> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Bill Tillman <btillma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > i386 will not see anything above 4 GB > Actually you *can* give access to >4Gb RAM for your system: PAE allows you > to use 36 bits instead of 32 to address your memory (and supported till > Pentium Pro) but that is only for OS (32bit apps would see 4Gb only). > Anyway, I have not seen any troubles with 64bit installations. > Ilya. How does the system know what is OS and what is 32-bit apps? Where would GCC fit in this regard, or Clang for that matter? Tom _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
