Hi... Just short notice... On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:44 AM, ZelluX <zellux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, all >> >> I have two problems about paging in Linux >> >> The first is, if we have physical memory of size 256M and allocate 16M to >> the kernel, are the page directory and page tables of the kernel all stored >> on the 16M kernel memory? >> > > YES, But mind you, in reality, assuming you take that "16 M" as kernel's ZONE_NORMAL, latest kernels allocate PTEs in ZONE_HIGHMEM. This is solely done to lower the pressure in ZONE_NORMAL. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
