Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: kmalloc | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:12:48 +0000 (GMT) |
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> alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes: > > |> > Is kmalloc guaranteed to alloc a physically contigous buffer? My exact > |> > |> Yes > > No. It is only contiguous in the kernel virtual space.
Thats vmalloc. If you have an architecture where kmalloc blocks are not linear to the I/O devices you'll have a very bad time making anything work
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