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FromStefan Monnier <monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU>
SubjectRe: > 1GB physical on x86: Summary so far
Date07 Jul 1997 01:12:52 -0400
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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