where to lookup current kernel limitations

[derek at cerberus.ne.mediaone.net (Derek Martin)]

Today, linuxguy at ici.net gleaned this insight:

> 
> does anyone have a good website with a table of kernel limitations.  Even
> a link to RedHat's standard kernel limitations would be cool...
> 
> i.e.
> 	kernel-2.2.12
> 	  + physical memory <= 2GB
> 	  + swap <= 256MB (per swap partition)
> 	  + file size <= 2GB
> 	  + filesystem size <= 1TB 
> 	  + scales well to 4 CPUs
> 
> 	kernel-2.4
> 	  + blah
>           + blah
>           + blah
> 	  + scales well to 8 CPUs

No, but 2.4 supports 64GB physical memory on systems with ia32 CPUs that
support Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension). I believe that includes
all PII+ CPUs, but I'm not certain.


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