Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751437AbWAKKEJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:04:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751439AbWAKKEI (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:04:08 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:25952 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751437AbWAKKEH (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:04:07 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:06:02 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2G memory split Message-ID: <20060111100601.GX3389@suse.de> References: <20060110202819.GJ3389@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1005 Lines: 25 On Wed, Jan 11 2006, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > Jens Axboe wrote: > > To me the former is clearer, it tells you that you have one full gig of > > low memory. But maybe that's just me. > > It still does not describe what the consequences, especiall the difference > to the non-optimized case is. When do you want to use it, and when not. Please, I told you before in this thread, don't drop people from the cc list! But it does explain that, it says full 1g low memory support. So you have one full gig of low memory, compared to the default setting. Describing this in painstakingly more detail it of course possible, but as the help text mentions, if you are not sure then you better leave this option at its default setting. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/