Re: Top 128MB of virtual address space
From: William Lee Irwin III <hidden>
Date: 2003-02-27 22:11:51
From: William Lee Irwin III <hidden>
Date: 2003-02-27 22:11:51
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 04:50:42PM -0500, Raymond B. Jennings III wrote:
For linux running on an Intel machine without PAE, the top 128MB of virtual address space: If PKMAP_BASE = FE000000 and FIXADDR_START=FFF55000 That leaves a 32MB area. I believe the permanent highmem mappings are 1024 pages so that leaves 28MB of address space. What is this space used for if anything?
Nothing. This is fixed in 2.5 -- wli -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"aart@kvack.org">aart@kvack.org</a>