>> If you're going to allocate your entire 2G of ram as a program
>> data area, where do you expect the program to live - or the
>> kernel itself, come to that?
>> I would suspect that's the space occupied by the kernel image
>> and whatever programs you're running at the time...
> He ran out after 1.3GB. I haven't seen many 700MB kernels
> floating around lately.
True - but my first comment still stands, it's not possible to malloc
one's entire RAM without discarding the kernel, various daemons and
the like...
Best wishes from Riley.
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| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
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