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From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] 1-2-3 GB
Date11 Jan 2002 23:32:37 -0800
Followup to:  <20020112004528.A159@earthlink.net>
By author:    rwhron@earthlink.net
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> --- linux.aa2/arch/i386/config.in       Fri Jan 11 20:57:58 2002
> +++ linux/arch/i386/config.in   Fri Jan 11 22:20:32 2002
> @@ -169,7 +169,11 @@
>  if [ "$CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G" = "y" ]; then
>     define_bool CONFIG_X86_PAE y
>  else
> -   bool '3.5GB user address space' CONFIG_05GB
> +   choice 'Maximum Virtual Memory' \
> +       "3GB            CONFIG_1GB \
> +        2GB            CONFIG_2GB \
> +        1GB            CONFIG_3GB \
> +        05GB           CONFIG_05GB" 3GB
>  fi

Calling this "Maximum Virtual Memory" is misleading at best.  This is
best described as "kernel:user split" (3:1, 2:2, 1:3, 3.5:0.5);
"maximum virtual memory" sounds to me a lot like the opposite of what
your parameter is.

	-hpa
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