Messages in this thread | | | From | Stefan Monnier <monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU> | Subject | Re: > 1GB physical on x86: Summary so far | Date | 07 Jul 1997 01:12:52 -0400 |
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Felix Schroeter <felix@mamba.pond.sub.org> writes: > Does that mean, if you have a 1GB real mem machine, there's 1GB of virtual > memory already used for a permanent mapping of the real 1GB of memory?
Exactly. But it's really not a big deal since it's only "virtual memory" which only costs a few page-table entries (and no swap).
Stefan
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