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SubjectRe: About highmem in 2.6
FromKrzysztof Halasa <>
DateThu, 12 Feb 2004 05:02:53 +0100
Bongani Hlope <bonganilinux@mweb.co.za> writes:

> There is nothing wrong with that patch, the problem with Highmem support
> on x86 is that is uses an Intel hack to address the full 1Gb of memory,
> which make memory access a bit slower. The question is, does the 128Mb
> additional memory worth that penalty?

2GB/2GB split doesn't use any Intel hack nor highmem. In fact for
1 GB of RAM I use a little different split which covers the whole RAM
and gives more virtual RAM, something like 1.2/2.8 GB.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa, B*FH
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