Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759151Ab2J0Pqg (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:46:36 -0400 Received: from mail-qa0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:43178 "EHLO mail-qa0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751023Ab2J0Pqe convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:46:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20121024160253.GB6567@Super-MAGI> From: Catalin Marinas Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:46:13 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YiJn-a_mxK7D_CpB16qQ_sR8DrY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH]Documentation:Chinese translation of Documentation/arm64/memory.txt To: Ninja Tekkaman Cc: Harry Wei , Greg-Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, kernel@vger.linux-kernel.cn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 795 Lines: 18 On 27 October 2012 06:11, Ninja Tekkaman wrote: > I have a question about the original document. > what is the exact meaning about the "memory" in > "ffffffc000000000 ffffffffffffffff 256GB memory" > Can I treat it as "kernel logical address space" ? Or maybe It can be > modified to “kernel” ？ It's the linear mapping of the RAM used by the kernel. So you could say "kernel logical memory map" (I wouldn't say address space as this is wider and it includes vmalloc, modules etc.) -- Catalin -- 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/