hi, I just read the following code in file "arch/i386/kernel/setup.c" of kernel 2.6.17. From the comments, I assume it will only need to reserve the memory for bootmem bitmap, but in fact it reserved memory from the 0x00100000 to the bootmap end (plussing one page). Am I right? 1224 /* 1225 * Reserve the bootmem bitmap itself as well. We do this in two 1226 * steps (first step was init_bootmem()) because this catches 1227 * the (very unlikely) case of us accidentally initializing the 1228 * bootmem allocator with an invalid RAM area. 1229 */ 1230 reserve_bootmem(__PHYSICAL_START, (PFN_PHYS(min_low_pfn) + 1231 bootmap_size + PAGE_SIZE-1) - (__PHYSICAL_START)); Thanks, Neo -- I would remember that if researchers were not ambitious probably today we haven't the technology we are using! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
