Bug 444793 - Misleading kernel-PAE description
Summary: Misleading kernel-PAE description
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Don Zickus
QA Contact: Martin Jenner
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-30 16:27 UTC by Steve Bonneville
Modified: 2009-02-06 20:30 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-02-06 20:30:46 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description Steve Bonneville 2008-04-30 16:27:55 UTC 
The kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53* packages (and presumably earlier) have a misleading
description which READS:

This package includes a version of the Linux kernel with support for up to
64GB of high memory. It requires a CPU with Physical Address Extensions (PAE).

Except that since this is a 3/1 split kernel we only *support* up to 16 GB of
RAM, even though 64GB is addressable; see http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compare/
(especially "Maximum memory: x86" and note 6).  Package description should be
reworded to reflect this; this is causing confusion internally.
Comment 1 Don Zickus 2008-04-30 16:50:02 UTC 
Ok, I'll assign this to myself so I don't forget.
Comment 2 Don Zickus 2009-02-06 20:30:46 UTC 
I added this change under another bugzilla, so it should be included in the 5.3 kernel.
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.