linux-kernel - Re: Kernel vs user memory

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:27:13 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	sidc7 <siddhartha.chhabra@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel vs user memory

sidc7 wrote:
> One last question, which one of the two lowmem or highmem kernel is most
> commonly used on contemporary linux boxes. I am guessing highmem kernel ?
> 
> Thanks for the quick replies, helped a lot

For PCs, 32 bit is generally highmem, and 64 bits is lowmem.  Most
embedded systems are lowmem.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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