[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#414471: xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae: small bug in package description

[Sander Marechal]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:51:43AM +0100, Sander Marechal wrote:
>> Package: xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae
>> Version: 3.0.3-0-2
>> Severity: minor
>>
>>
>> The package description reads:
>>
>>   This version of the hypervisor is built with PAE enabled, in order to
>>   support systems with more than 4GB of memory.  If you have less than 
>>   that you should probably choose the non -pae version.
>>
>> That's not entirely true. I tried installing the non-pae version on my 
>> ProLiant server. The server supports up to 24 Gb RAM but only 1 Gb is 
>> actually installed. The non-pae version does not run and complains that 
>> the OS cannot be setup as dom0.
>>
>> I think the package description should be amended so it clearly states 
>> that the -pae version is needed if the system *supports* more than 4Gb RAM.
>>
> Strange.  My system supports only 3 GB RAM, but the CPU has PAE enabled:
> 
> $ cpuid |grep -i pae
> PAE - Page Address Extensions
> 
> Could it be that the behavior is more a function of the chipset than of
> the CPU itself?

Perhaps. I don't really understand pae so that's for smarter people to
figure out. But can your system run the non-pae version as well? Mine
could not while the package description led me to believe that was the
version I should use.

-- 
Sander Marechal