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To: "Andrew N. Edmond" <edmond@UWYO.EDU>
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Subject: Re: Available Memory? 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 18:14:58 -0700
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>On boot, I get these lines...
>
>real memory  = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
>avail memory = 63291392 (61808K bytes)
>
>Where is the other 4mb of memory going to?  Is this a kernel 
>configuration issue, or is this just the way FreeBSD handles memory?

   Some of the memory is lost in the ISA "hole", some of it is the kernel
binary itself, and the rest is kernel data structures and buffers.

>BTW:  FreeBSD is a *great* OS.  Everyone using this software send a 
>silent thanks to the creators of this amazing piece of OS.

   Thanks.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project