--- 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? > Below you can find the physical address range used by Kernel Code & data segments . ~> cat /proc/iomem 00000000-0009fbff : System RAM 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM 000e0000-000effff : Extension ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-1fecffff : System RAM 00100000-0028dadf : Kernel code <-- Physical address 0028dae0-00324f63 : Kernel data <-- Physical address 1fed0000-1feeffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage 1fef0000-1fefffff : System RAM 40000000-40000fff : Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller 40000000-40000fff : eepro100 40300000-4037ffff : Intel Corp. 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] 44000000-47ffffff : Intel Corp. 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] feea0000-ffffffff : reserved > 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 > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux > kernel. > Archive: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
