Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:38:59 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel vs user memory |
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sidc7 wrote: > If I am not mistaken, Linux kernel is a high memory kernel, hence for Linux > kernel, nothing will be mapped to the kernel space, other than the memory > beyond 896MB which is the kernel's virtual address space. Am I right on > this?
It's a compilation option, and depends on the architecture. What you described is true for an i386 kernel compiled as a highmem kernel. On the other hand, a 64 bit kernel is *never* highmem.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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