[Cbe-oss-dev] Only 86MB of RAM available running Ubuntu 8.04 powerpc64-smp kernel on PS3

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 12 May 2008, Geoff Levand wrote:
> Dan Munckton wrote:
> > I also noticed the FB is getting allocated an extra 9MB of space in the
> > hardy config. Obviously we can get by with only 9MB, so I presume the
> > motivation for 16MB would better support double-buffering/flipping is
> > that correct? What side effects would be incurred by setting this to
> > 9MB?
> 
> The system won't support flipping for hi-res modes.  Flipping is a
> rarely used feature.

Or very large virtual screens (e.g. 4Kx2K, to get an idea of what the Full HD
successors will offer :-)

But normal users don't care, so `9 MiB should be enough for everybody'....

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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