Hi Jun (replying to all this time), On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Jun Hu <duanshuidao@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Guys: > My machine has 8G memory, when I use kernel boot parameter mem=5G , it only > display “4084 M” using “free –m “. > where the “5120-4084 = 1036M “ memory run? That's the memory taken up by the kernel itself. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.davehylands.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies