Re: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Thanasis <thanasis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I thought CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G had to do with more than 4GB of RAM.
> Now I can see that the associated help says it is for an amount between
> 1 and 4GB.

Depends on the "split" used. With 2 GB : 2 GB you can have all-lowmem
1.5 GB RAM, without CONFIG_HIGHMEM*. 2 GB of per-process address space
is usually not a problem.

x86-64 removes such limits.
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Krzysztof Halasa
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