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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:50:21 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
To:        Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Memory upgrade
Message-ID:  <3B30399D.1B1C7E9@iowna.com>
References:  <002b01c0f946$20aed6d0$0a01a8c0@den2>

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Juha Saarinen wrote:
> 
> :: 10meg?
> :: That's a big ass kernel :)
> 
> Mine's bigger than Cartman!
> 
> real memory  = 805306368 (786432K bytes)
> avail memory = 780828672 (762528K bytes)

I'm going to take a guess ...
Kernel needs enough memory to fit all the code in, plus enough for
certain structures like the vm tables. The more memory you have, the
more is needed to map the existing memory.

Am I right?

-Bill

-- 
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then what can I get for two hands in the bush?

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