From: Rene Herman <rene.herman@keyaccess.nl>
To: Fabio De Francesco <fabiomdf@alice.it>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [x86_32] With 4GB installed, in which cases low mem total is less than 896MB?
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 16:37:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <481DCA14.9030302@keyaccess.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200804301702.06019.fabiomdf@alice.it>
On 30-04-08 17:02, Fabio De Francesco wrote:
> I've got a Linux box, Intel Core 2 T7700 with 4GB RAM installed, with
> vanilla kernel 2.6.24 + TuxOnIce patch-set compiled for x86_32bit
> (CONFIG_X86_32=y), whose /proc/meminfo shows "LowTotal 794MB".
>
> I've always known that, in this specific platform, Linux permanently maps
> 896MB as "Low Memory" into its linear address space (as this last value
> is the one /proc/meminfo shows in the other two x86_32bit computers I
> own).
Others have already answered as well so this just as by the way and just in
case... why are you running a 32-bit kernel on it?
Rene.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-04 14:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-30 15:02 [x86_32] With 4GB installed, in which cases low mem total is less than 896MB? Fabio De Francesco
2008-04-29 17:18 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-02 14:38 ` Fabio De Francesco
2008-05-02 15:47 ` Andi Kleen
2008-04-30 16:55 ` Alan Cox
2008-05-04 14:37 ` Rene Herman [this message]
2008-05-08 7:48 ` Fabio De Francesco
2008-05-08 12:35 ` Rene Herman
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