Re: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported

[Thanasis]

on 01/04/2010 07:51 PM Thanasis wrote the following:
> on 01/04/2010 04:51 PM Joshua Murphy wrote the following:
>> 2010/1/3 Thanasis <thanasis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>   
>>> on 01/04/2010 01:10 AM Krzysztof Halasa wrote the following:
>>>     
>>>> Thanasis <thanasis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>> Hmm..., but are EMBEDDED options suitable for a netbook like the A110L ?
>>>>>
>>>> This "EMBEDDED" just means "don't touch these unless you really know
>>>> what you're doing".
>>>>
>>>> BTW I remember using VMSPLIT 2 GB : 2 GB on server-class machines,
>>>> before they were upgraded to x86-64.
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> Do you mean that I should try it? Is there any gain over using
>>> CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G ?
>>>     
>> Likely nothing noticeable, but here's a bit of a good coverage of the topic:
>>
>> http://kerneltrap.org/node/6067
>>
> Thanks, I think I'll give it a try. :-)
I tried option: 2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory), but X
would not start. So i reverted back to CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G.
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