Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:17:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:17:02 -0500 Received: from samba.sourceforge.net ([198.186.203.85]:64772 "HELO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:16:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 02:15:09 +1100 From: Anton Blanchard To: Harald Holzer Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "Timothy D. Witham" Subject: Re: i686 SMP systems with more then 12 GB ram with 2.4.x kernel ? Message-ID: <20020103151509.GC19873@krispykreme> In-Reply-To: <1009649897.12942.2.camel@hh2.hhhome.at> <1009992652.1249.11.camel@wookie-laptop.pdx.osdl.net> <1009994687.12942.14.camel@hh2.hhhome.at> <1009995669.1253.17.camel@wookie-laptop.pdx.osdl.net> <1010015450.15492.19.camel@hh2.hhhome.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1010015450.15492.19.camel@hh2.hhhome.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Today i checked some memory configurations and noticed that the low > memory decreases, when i add more memory to the system, > and the size of reserved memory increases: > > at 1GB ram, are 16,936kB low mem reserved. > 4GB ram, 72,824kB reserved > 8GB ram, 142,332kB reserved > 16GB ram, 269,424kB reserved > 32GB ram, 532,080kB reserved, usable low mem: 352 MB > 64GB ram ?? If you need 64G of RAM and decent performance you dont want an x86. Use a sparc64, alpha or ppc64 linux machine. Anton - 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/