Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:22:20 +0200 | From | Jiri Slaby <> | Subject | Re: increasing memory alloted for 'init' during kernel boot. |
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On 08/31/2010 08:49 AM, Prabhu Chawandi wrote: > Hi all, > > Whenever the kernel starts booting, I am getting the bellow log : > > Memory: 110080k/262144k available (2566k kernel code, 151952k > reserved, 561k data, 15328k init, 0k highmem). > > For 'init' on what bases this amount of memory is decided ? > > Anyways I can alter it?
Nope. It's code and data inside .init, .exit and similar sections. Those are marked by __init, __exit etc. in the code. This memory is freed after the kernel is up and running, since this memory (code and data) is not needed anymore.
regards, -- js
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