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SubjectRe: Why is "Memory split" Kconfig option only for EMBEDDED?
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On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 12:58 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 12:42 +0100, Norbert Kiesel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I remember reading on LKML some time ago that using VMSPLIT_3G_OPT would
> > be optimal for a machine with exactly 1GB memory (like my current
> > desktop). Why is that option only prompted for after selecting EMBEDDED
> > (which I normally don't select for desktop machines
>
> because it changes the userspace ABI and has some other caveats.... this
> is not something you should muck with lightly
>

Hmm, but it's also marked EXPERIMENTAL. Would that not be the
sufficient? Assuming I don't use any external/binary drivers and a
self-compiled kernel w//o any additional patches: is there really any
downside?

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