Re: Linux/i386 mm

[Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>]

On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Lorenzo Allegrucci wrote:

> I have some questions:
> 
> - On your MM notes you say:
> >Apparently kernel virtual memory must map all of physical memory. Why?

Except that this isn't true. The kernel only maps about
900MB (less actually) of memory into its own page tables,
the rest isn't mapped by the kernel.

Rik
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