From: Jeff Golds <jgolds@resilience.com>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>,
Wayne Whitney <whitney@math.berkeley.edu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.4 kernel reports wrong amount of physical memory
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 16:41:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B006D1C.CFBD1CC8@resilience.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105142025000.18102-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva> <3B006CC7.AAD065BA@resilience.com>
Jeff Golds wrote:
>
> Rik van Riel wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 14 May 2001, Wayne Whitney wrote:
> > > In mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > You need to compile highmem support into the kernel if you want to
> > > > use more than 890 MB of RAM, set it to maximum 4GB for best
> > > > performance...
> > >
> > > On a similar note, what is the maximum physical memory supported
> > > by the 4GB option?
> >
> > Ummm, 4GB maybe? ;)
> >
> > Rik
>
> Ahh, it's totally obvious. 1 GB option = 890 MB, 4 GB option = 4GB. Can I assume a linear relation and get 66.2 MB when I select the 64 MB option?
>
> ;)
>
> -Jeff
>
That's GB not MB =P
-Jeff
--
Jeff Golds
jgolds@resilience.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-14 23:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-14 19:09 2.4.4 kernel reports wrong amount of physical memory Jeff Golds
2001-05-14 19:29 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-14 20:01 ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-14 22:50 ` Wayne Whitney
2001-05-14 23:25 ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-14 23:39 ` Jeff Golds
2001-05-14 23:41 ` Jeff Golds [this message]
2001-05-15 0:44 ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-15 1:00 ` Mohammad A. Haque
2001-05-15 1:07 ` Jeff Golds
2001-05-15 2:32 ` Rik van Riel
2001-05-15 4:19 ` [PATCH] " Wayne Whitney
2001-05-15 0:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-05-15 1:57 ` Brian Gerst
2001-05-15 1:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
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