Re: Kernel vs user memory

[H. Peter Anvin]

sidc7 wrote:
> If I am not mistaken, Linux kernel is a high memory kernel, hence for Linux
> kernel, nothing will be mapped to the kernel space, other than the memory
> beyond 896MB which is the kernel's virtual address space. Am I right on
> this?

It's a compilation option, and depends on the architecture.  What you
described is true for an i386 kernel compiled as a highmem kernel.  On
the other hand, a 64 bit kernel is *never* highmem.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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