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

[Roberto C. Sanchez]

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?

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
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