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Message-ID: <49718851.9010901@zytor.com>
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
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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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