2001-11-16 13:30:55

by Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk

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Subject: To Highmem or not to Highmem???

Hi all

I just recompiled my server's kernel without highmem to test if I could
tweak a little more speed out of it that way. After booting up on the new
kernel, I do a 'free', and get the answer 'total 1238188'.

I've double-checked, double built and double-scratched-my-head...

How can this be? I thought a kernel without highmem wasn't supposed to
find any more than 960/1024MB,,,

I'm running 2.4.13-ac5+tux

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Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA

Computers are like air conditioners.
They stop working when you open Windows.