Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:05:18 -0700 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: experiences beyond 4 GB RAM with 2.4.22 |
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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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