Re: How much kernel memory is in 64-bit OS ?

[Rik van Riel]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > It depends on the architecture.
> >
> > However, all 64 bit architectures have one thing in common.
> > There is so much address space available for both kernel and
> > userspace that we won't have to worry about a shortage for a
> > very long time.
> >
> > Sure, people said that too when going from 16 bits to 32 bits,
> > but that was only a factor 2^16 difference.  This time it's the
> > square of the previous difference.
>
> Not quite the square :)

2^32 is the square of 2^16 :)

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