Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760520AbWLFL6X (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 06:58:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760521AbWLFL6X (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 06:58:23 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:55164 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760518AbWLFL6W (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 06:58:22 -0500 Subject: Re: Why is "Memory split" Kconfig option only for EMBEDDED? From: Arjan van de Ven To: Norbert Kiesel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1165405350.5954.213.camel@titan.tbdnetworks.com> References: <1165405350.5954.213.camel@titan.tbdnetworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:58:19 +0100 Message-Id: <1165406299.3233.436.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1.1 (2.8.1.1-3.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 869 Lines: 21 On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 12:42 +0100, Norbert Kiesel wrote: > Hi, > > I remember reading on LKML some time ago that using VMSPLIT_3G_OPT would > be optimal for a machine with exactly 1GB memory (like my current > desktop). Why is that option only prompted for after selecting EMBEDDED > (which I normally don't select for desktop machines because it changes the userspace ABI and has some other caveats.... this is not something you should muck with lightly -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - 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/