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SubjectRe: What is reserved memory ?
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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.

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