Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] unicore32 framebuffer driver fix: make videomemory kmalloc-ed and floatable | Date | Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:55:18 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 30 March 2011, Guan Xuetao wrote: > Is it appropriate to using __get_free_pages in framebuffer driver?
Yes, it is appropriate, and it is also more efficient than using kmalloc.
> And both SLAB and SLUB allocators support 4MB request.
Ok, I did not know that, but I see now how the maximum size is computed. The limit was 128 KB for a long time, but has apparently changed.
Arnd
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