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on 01/04/2010 04:51 PM Joshua Murphy wrote the following:
> 2010/1/3 Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org>:
>> on 01/04/2010 01:10 AM Krzysztof Halasa wrote the following:
>>> Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hmm..., but are EMBEDDED options suitable for a netbook like the A110L ?
>>>>
>>> This "EMBEDDED" just means "don't touch these unless you really know
>>> what you're doing".
>>>
>>> BTW I remember using VMSPLIT 2 GB : 2 GB on server-class machines,
>>> before they were upgraded to x86-64.
>>>
>> Do you mean that I should try it? Is there any gain over using
>> CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G ?
>
> Likely nothing noticeable, but here's a bit of a good coverage of the topic:
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/6067
>
Which one option should I choose:
( ) 2G/2G user/kernel split
or
( ) 2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)
?