Martin Dalecki wrote:
>
> Jonathan Morton wrote:
> >
> > The kernel itself takes up some RAM, which is simply subtracted from the
> > "total memory available" field in the memory summaries available to
> > user-mode processes. This is perfectly normal.
>
> The kernel reserves 4m for hilself. The off by one error is a rounding
> bug.
Sounds pretty reasonable. I have actually tested the memory card
with memtest, just to make sure that it was all there and working
properly, and the test succeeded, so it must really be the kernel
eating away a few megs.
Alex
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