Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:
> I, on the other hand, have 3GB of RAM, and could easily devote a gig
> or so to /tmp. I seem to remember some talk about Slackware not using
> multiple gigabytes of RAM. but I didn't pay attention, seeing as my
> usage patterns never bring me even close to the 1GB RAM usage mark.
> Is this still an issue with 9.1?

It is a kernel issue. Look at the HIGHMEM settings in the config file
for the kernel. If they are like this:
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM is not set
you've got a maximum usable memory of about 900 MB.
While the next one allows for 4 GB (at the cost of some speed):
# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
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