Subject: Re: how to allocate 9MB of memory in kernel ?

From: Marco Stornelli <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:51:58 +0200

Misbah khan ha scritto:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need to allocate 9 MB of memory in to the kernel space which i need to
> mmap for the application to access.
> 
> I need to know what could be the best possible way of doing the same.
> 
> Please share your experience in this regard .
> 
> Thank you in advance 
> 
> ----Misbah <><
You can use the mem option to tell to the kernel that you've got less 
ram you really have. However you can read Linux device drivers chapter 8 
"Obtaining Large Buffers" :).

Regards,

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Marco Stornelli
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