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# Memory management: physical and virtual
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+The kernel knows the size of the physical memory available thanks to [Grub](../Chapter-3/README.md).
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+In our implementation, the first 8 megabytes of physical memory will be reserved for use by the kernel and will contain:
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+- The kernel
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+- GDT, IDT et TSS
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+- Kernel Stack
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+- Some space reserved to hardware (video memory, ..)
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+- Page directory and pages table for the kernel
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+The rest of the physical memory is freely available to the kernel and applications.
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