On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 14:33, manish regmi wrote: > 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 then is there amax limit upto which the kernel can allocate mem for itself + what is the significance of the 3G/1G split?? Is'nt this 1G mapping the limit upto which all kernel space addresses can exist??? can the kernel eat into user-space mem as well? TIA, -mandeep -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
