Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:21:37 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: bigphysarea support in 2.2.19 and 2.4.0 kernels |
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On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 11:35:30AM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > The real question is how to guarantee that these pages will be contiguous > in memory. The slab allocator may also work, but I think there are size > constraints on how much I can get in one pass.
You cannot guarantee it after the system has left bootup stage. That's the whole reason why bigphysarea exists.
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