> The difference between "total memory" and "avail memory" is the
> kernel size. But my values don't match :
> # dmesg | grep memory
> total memory = 188 MB
> avail memory = 184 MB
> # ll /netbsd
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  3.0M Apr 22  2006 /netbsd*
> What is the 1MB missing used for ?

There may be no "1MB missing"; I think the values in dmesg are rounded
down, in which case the actual memory used by the kernel could be
anywhere 3+epsilon to 5-epsilon MB.

Furthermore, kernel BSS occupies very little space in the executable
(the size of a section header, I think), whereas when the kernel is
loaded it gets expanded.  Check with "size /netbsd".  (size still won't
tell you the whole story, because it doesn't include the symbol table,
which I think gets saved in core at run-time.)

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