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From: Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org>
To: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@××××××.pl>
Cc: gentoo-user@l.g.o, Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@×××××××××××.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:42:07
Message-Id: 4B3CF04E.8070603@asyr.hopto.org
1 on 12/31/2009 04:59 PM Krzysztof Halasa wrote the following:
2 > Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> writes:
3 >
4 >> I thought CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G had to do with more than 4GB of RAM.
5 >> Now I can see that the associated help says it is for an amount between
6 >> 1 and 4GB.
7 >
8 > Depends on the "split" used. With 2 GB : 2 GB you can have all-lowmem
9 > 1.5 GB RAM, without CONFIG_HIGHMEM*. 2 GB of per-process address space
10 > is usually not a problem.
11 How do you implement that? What do you mean 2GB:2GB split ?