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From: Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>
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Subject: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 15:27:46 +0200
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Hi there!

I have 4GB of RAM, but the system is swapping A LOT. I think I will have 
to go to 64 bit, but I need some time for that, and I need to use the 
system in the meantime.

But: free -m shows only 2787 MB of total memory. I know I cannot use all 
the 4G, but shouldn't there be at least 3GB or even a little more 
available? What is your output of free -m?

wonko@weird ~ $ zgrep HIGHMEM /proc/config.gz 
# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM is not set

	Wonko