From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: Mark de Vries <m.devries@nl.tiscali.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 1GB, highmem or no?
Date: 18 Sep 2003 00:28:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k7876odu.fsf@defiant.pm.waw.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F68B0EE.1@nl.tiscali.com>
Mark de Vries <m.devries@nl.tiscali.com> writes:
> I recently added some memory and now have 1GB and the kernel tells me:
> "Warning only 896MB will be used.
> Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.
> 896MB LOWMEM available."
>
> So I'm not using ~128MB of my memory...
>
> My question is: is enableling HIGHMEM worth it?
You may consider using a different split as well. I'm using 2 GB : 2 GB
split with 1 GB of RAM with no need for highmem.
BTW: Is it really safe to use something like 2.5 GB : 1.5 GB user/kernel
scheme? I don't want PAE nor HIGHMEM.
--
Krzysztof Halasa, B*FH
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2003-09-17 19:07 1GB, highmem or no? Mark de Vries
2003-09-17 22:28 ` Krzysztof Halasa [this message]
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