Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Mar 2002 00:41:37 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [Lse-tech] Re: 10.31 second kernel compile |
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> If there was some hack where 4MB pages could be allocated for > applications like this then I'd be very happy!
You could always run it as a kernel module. Just need to add schedule points or use a preemptive kernel. When you allocate data using get_free_pages() it'll return a pointer in the 2 or 4MB mapped direct mapping of the kernel. It'll only work when your memory is not fragmented.
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