Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: NT DDK vs. Linux DDI, a practical comparison [long] | Date | 21 Sep 1998 16:02:40 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.19980921094157.13917@morgana.systemy.it>, Alessandro Rubini <rubini@pop.systemy.it> wrote: > >Stephen Williams: >> Linux lacks a practical way to get large, physically contiguous regions of >> memory. [...] I'll be pushing the bygphysarea patch once 2.3 starts. > >Please note that there's no need for such patch. Instead of modifying the >kernel to tell "bigphysarea=40M" just boot with "mem=24M" and use >proper sw (no patch needed).
That's not a particularly good solution, because it requires user intervention to make it work, and in the grand tradition of the lilo >64mb hack, it leaves a wonderful opportunity to see just how the machine can not work the way you want it to if you add or subtract memory.
____ david parsons \bi/ Let the kernel manage memory instead of going to \/ usermode hacks.
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