[PATCH 2/3] Documentation: riscv: Add documentation that describes the VM layout

David Hildenbrand david at redhat.com
Thu Feb 25 05:34:13 EST 2021


                  |            |                  |         |> + 
ffffffc000000000 | -256    GB | ffffffc7ffffffff |   32 GB | kasan
> +   ffffffcefee00000 | -196    GB | ffffffcefeffffff |    2 MB | fixmap
> +   ffffffceff000000 | -196    GB | ffffffceffffffff |   16 MB | PCI io
> +   ffffffcf00000000 | -196    GB | ffffffcfffffffff |    4 GB | vmemmap
> +   ffffffd000000000 | -192    GB | ffffffdfffffffff |   64 GB | vmalloc/ioremap space
> +   ffffffe000000000 | -128    GB | ffffffff7fffffff |  126 GB | direct mapping of all physical memory

^ So you could never ever have more than 126 GB, correct?

I assume that's nothing new.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb




More information about the linux-riscv mailing list