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Subject: real vs. avail memory
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I've gotten used to the fact that there is a small discrepancy between
real and available memory, but I was surprised to see the following in
dmesg on a new P4 system:

real memory  =3D 1073676288 (1023 MB)
avail memory =3D 1037799424 (989 MB)

That's a full 40 MB difference...  where does that memory go?  is it
used for page maps or something like that?

DES
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