linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]Documentation:Chinese translation of Documentation/arm64/memory.txt

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Date:	Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:46:13 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Ninja Tekkaman <tekkamanninja@...il.com>
Cc:	Harry Wei <harryxiyou@...il.com>,
	Greg-Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...r.linux-kernel.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH]Documentation:Chinese translation of Documentation/arm64/memory.txt

On 27 October 2012 06:11, Ninja Tekkaman <tekkamanninja@...il.com> wrote:
> I have a question about the original document.
> what is the exact meaning about the "memory" in
> "ffffffc000000000       ffffffffffffffff         256GB          memory"
> Can I treat it as "kernel logical address space" ? Or maybe It can be
> modified to “kernel” ？

It's the linear mapping of the RAM used by the kernel. So you could
say "kernel logical memory map" (I wouldn't say address space as this
is wider and it includes vmalloc, modules etc.)

-- 
Catalin
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