On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:10:58 -0300
Bruno Buys <brunobuys@gmail.com> wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
>On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 16:45:21 +0300
>Bogdan Rotariu <bogdan.rotariu@balcanicsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Hello Bruno,
>>
>>Friday, October 7, 2005, 12:41:33 AM, you wrote:
>>
>>>Just bought an extra 512mb ram module, to add to my existing
>>>512mb. Free reports the total correctly, but i was wondering
>>>if is there any way that i fine tune my system for better use
>>>of this memory. That's the first time i run a 1gb pc :)!
>>>Any help?
>>>
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>
>>or update your kernel if u didn't alredy do that.
>
>Why?
>
I didn´t understand, also. I was after any kernel parameter,
command line option to include in my boot, or something like
that, to tell my system how to use the memory. IF there is such
a command. I remember having read some time ago about commands
telling the kernel what to swap and what not, and that it had to
do with mem upgrades. That´s it. Hope it cleared up the subject.
Oh, ok, I think. The only kernel configuration option is to tell
it what memory "range" you have. The choices are 1GB, 4GB & 64GB.
The sid 2.6.12 binary kernel has it set for 1GB. So, if I were to
add more RAM to my current 1GB, I'd have to build a custom kernel.
As for telling the kernel what to swap, AFAIK, there are no build
or boot parameters to control that. Linux knows how much RAM &
swapspace you have, and does what it thinks is best.