Kernel memory limits?

From: Peter W. Morreale
Date: Thu Mar 17 2005 - 13:07:47 EST

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(I did not see this addressed in the FAQs...)

How much physical memory can the 2.4.26 kernel address in kernel context on x86?

What about DMA memory?

Local rumor says ~1GB. But this makes little sense given a 32-bit address.

Where in the source can I learn more about this?

Thanks,
-PWM

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