Re: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported

[Thanasis]

on 01/04/2010 04:51 PM Joshua Murphy wrote the following:
> 2010/1/3 Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>:
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>> on 01/04/2010 01:10 AM Krzysztof Halasa wrote the following:
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>>> Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> writes:
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>>>> Hmm..., but are EMBEDDED options suitable for a netbook like the A110L ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This "EMBEDDED" just means "don't touch these unless you really know
>>> what you're doing".
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>>> BTW I remember using VMSPLIT 2 GB : 2 GB on server-class machines,
>>> before they were upgraded to x86-64.
>>>
>>>
>> Do you mean that I should try it? Is there any gain over using
>> CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G ?
>>
> Likely nothing noticeable, but here's a bit of a good coverage of the topic:
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> http://kerneltrap.org/node/6067
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Thanks, I think I'll give it a try. :-)