Re: [PATCH] 1-2-3 GB

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
11 Jan 2002 23:32:37 -0800

Followup to: <20020112004528.A159@earthlink.net>
By author: rwhron@earthlink.net
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> --- linux.aa2/arch/i386/config.in Fri Jan 11 20:57:58 2002
> +++ linux/arch/i386/config.in Fri Jan 11 22:20:32 2002
> @@ -169,7 +169,11 @@
> if [ "$CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G" = "y" ]; then
> define_bool CONFIG_X86_PAE y
> else
> - bool '3.5GB user address space' CONFIG_05GB
> + choice 'Maximum Virtual Memory' \
> + "3GB CONFIG_1GB \
> + 2GB CONFIG_2GB \
> + 1GB CONFIG_3GB \
> + 05GB CONFIG_05GB" 3GB
> fi

Calling this "Maximum Virtual Memory" is misleading at best. This is
best described as "kernel:user split" (3:1, 2:2, 1:3, 3.5:0.5);
"maximum virtual memory" sounds to me a lot like the opposite of what
your parameter is.

-hpa

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