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SubjectRe: bigphysarea in 2.2

>> In my own drivers (GPL'd modules, not in the kernel tarball) I ask the
>> user to specify "mem=31M" to reserve the top 1M of RAM for DMA [..]

> The bigphysarea does essentially what you suggest, but provides a
> simple allocator on top of it.

Yes, I have an allocator as well, to manage several buffers.

> Also, the bigphysarea interface would continue to work for different
> architectures where memory is arranged differently, whatever.

I think I must study bigphysarea...

Best
/alessandro

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