Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Why is "Memory split" Kconfig option only for EMBEDDED? | From | Norbert Kiesel <> | Date | Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:19:08 +0100 |
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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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