Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: the new VMt | Date | Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:06:11 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > > Stupidity has no limits... > > > > Unfortunately its frequently wired into the hardware to save a few cents on > > scatter gather logic. > > Since when hardware folks became exempt from the rule above? 128K is > almost tolerable, there were requests for 64 _mega_bytes...
Most cheap ass PCI hardware is built on the basis you can do linear 4Mb allocations. There is a reason for this. You can do that 4Mb allocation on NT or Windows 9x
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