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SubjectRe: experiences beyond 4 GB RAM with 2.4.22
On Wed, Sep 17 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> IMO such GFP_DMA32 flag is a bit intrusive for 2.4, isnt it?

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 09:08:45AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Not really, it's just an extra zone. Maybe I can dig such a patch up, I
> had one for 2.4.2-pre something...

On Wed, Sep 17 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> What has been done in 2.6 in respect to the excessive normal zone
>> pressure and bounce buffering problems?

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 09:08:45AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Nothing, afaic. 2.6 isn't even completely deadlock free when it comes to
> bounce buffering.

It'd be great to have ZONE_DMA32 around for 2.6.


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