Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Bugs and wishes in memory management area | Date | Sat, 23 Nov 1996 02:05:01 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > At work, we use Linux/X/GNU as development system (about 15 linux > > stations). 2 megs is probably just enough to load the kernel and > > kernel is not pageable. > > If the machine has enough memory, the kernel should be loaded at > the 16 MB mark.
Thats something that was kicked around ages ago. However it fundamentally changes an assumption used by a lot of drivers that their static structures are in DMA space.
> If not, the memory can be moved as the application locks it. > Whenever mlock is called, the memory gets moved above the 16 MB > mark before it is actually locked.
What if I want to mlock() for ISA DMA
Alan
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