On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 08:19:57PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Jun 11 2007 10:36, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > >Picking the 16 MB base is a bit obnoxious on small-memory machines, 4 MB > >would probably be a more reasonable base. Of course, 16 MB would avoid > > the issue of the handful of machines with memory holes at 15-16 MB. > > How will this work at all with a 5 MB machine?
Unless you're running with a bunch of CONFIG_EMBEDDED options enabled, and a seriously pared down (almost to the point of uselessness) userspace, you may have already lost. Do such beasts even exist ? My memories of low-memory x86en I had only allowed power of 2 memory sizes. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/