> It is 2.6 32bit, from what I understand the 64 bit kernel handles things > a lot different at this level though. No where near as bad as DOS. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6930 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-slab-allocator/ http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Slab_Defragmentation