Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: What is reserved memory ? | Date | 21 Dec 1998 15:13:22 GMT |
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Followup to: <199812211406.PAA06881@wanadoo.fr> By author: christophe.leroy5@capway.com In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > When my kernel boots, I see that I have 404k of memory reserved. > It is reserved for what ? BIOS caching ? DMA ? Penguin rest ? >
"Reserved" memory is usually reserved for the BIOS (4K, DOSEMU needs it), memory-mapped I/O (there is the 384K memory hole on any PC that can run DOS)... where the remaining 20K goes I'm not sure, but I would guess it is probably something similar.
-hpa
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