24 of 32 MB available?

Mon Dec 5 15:09:43 UTC 2011

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FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #43 r228258M: Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 CET 1970
    stb at dummy:/home/stb/working/tp-wr1043/obj/mipseb/mips.mipseb/home/stb/working/tp-wr1043/src/sys/TP-WN1043ND mips
real memory  = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
Physical memory chunk(s):
0x005f5000 - 0x01f3bfff, 26505216 bytes (6471 pages)
avail memory = 26112000 (24MB)

Stupid question: what are those 8 MB used for?  Why can't they be made available?

Stefan

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