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From: Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Joshua Murphy <poisonbl@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:07:18
Message-Id: 4B422E39.1080508@asyr.hopto.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported by Joshua Murphy
1 on 01/04/2010 04:51 PM Joshua Murphy wrote the following:
2 > 2010/1/3 Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>:
3 >> on 01/04/2010 01:10 AM Krzysztof Halasa wrote the following:
4 >>> Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> writes:
5 >>>
6 >>>
7 >>>> Hmm..., but are EMBEDDED options suitable for a netbook like the A110L ?
8 >>>>
9 >>> This "EMBEDDED" just means "don't touch these unless you really know
10 >>> what you're doing".
11 >>>
12 >>> BTW I remember using VMSPLIT 2 GB : 2 GB on server-class machines,
13 >>> before they were upgraded to x86-64.
14 >>>
15 >> Do you mean that I should try it? Is there any gain over using
16 >> CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G ?
17 >
18 > Likely nothing noticeable, but here's a bit of a good coverage of the topic:
19 >
20 > http://kerneltrap.org/node/6067
21 >
22 Which one option should I choose:
23 ( ) 2G/2G user/kernel split
24 or
25 ( ) 2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)
26 ?