From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 5 17:13:49 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95995106566C; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 17:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D8DA8FC12; Mon, 5 Dec 2011 17:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.30.101.55] ([209.117.142.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id pB5H5kTE045353 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:05:47 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:05:39 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5A5E3A5A-A508-4A32-BD0B-F37262A8626B@bsdimp.com> References: To: Adrian Chadd X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (harmony.bsdimp.com [10.0.0.6]); Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:05:48 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 24 of 32 MB available? X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:13:49 -0000 On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:12 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 5 December 2011 23:09, Stefan Bethke wrote: >> Stupid question: what are those 8 MB used for? Why can't they be = made available? >=20 > The kernel is 5MB, the rest is housekeeping. The early wired pages are part of that housekeeping, as are kernel = symbols. Warner