On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:42:41 +0530, Mandeep Sandhu <mandeep_sandhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi all, > > how much memory does the kernel reserve for it's own use? > is there any commmand by which i find this out? > > If the kernel uses the 1GB/3GB split of memory and i have > 512 MB of RAM then how much memory has the kernel reserved > for it's own use? > > TIA, > -mandeep I don't think kernel reserves any memory for itself. If it needs It allocates by a page level allocater at runtime. regards manish -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/