Re: git: kernel - Report actual real memory during kernel boot

[Michael Neumann <mneumann@xxxxxxxx>]

Am Dienstag, den 28.09.2010, 18:56 -0700 schrieb Matthew Dillon:
> commit 1bda0d3d214f53191b6954dd77ba7589b5e23a8a
> Author: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
> Date:   Tue Sep 28 18:20:01 2010 -0700
> 
>     kernel - Report actual real memory during kernel boot
>     
>     * Calculate and report the actual real memory reported by the BIOS,
>       only counting memory types and ignoring other mapping types and holes.
>     
>     * Report this value instead of the highest mapped address, reducing
>       user confusion.  e.g. on a machine with 8G of ram:
>     
>       real memory  = 8858370048 (8448 MB)	(before change)
>       avail memory = 7597334528 (7245 MB)
>     
>       real memory  = 8049428480 (7676 MB)	(after change)
>       avail memory = 7597334528 (7245 MB)
>     
>       real memory  = 8452081664 (8060 MB)	(after changing BIOS video 512M->128M)
>       avail memory = 7987879936 (7617 MB)

Curious where the remaining 315 MB (8060 - 7617 - 128) of the real
memory are used for? I am confused what real and avail memory really
means. Avail memory is the memory available *after* the kernel took it's
share?

Regards,

  Michael