Re: memory used by kernel?

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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

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