Re: [Lhms-devel] Re: [PATCH] no buddy bitmap patch : intro andincludes [0/2]

[Dave McCracken]

--On Thursday, October 07, 2004 07:45:21 -0700 "Martin J. Bligh"
<mbligh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Followings are patches for removing bitmaps from buddy allocator,
>> against 2.6.9-rc3. I think this version is much clearer than ones I
>> posted a month ago.
> ...
>> If there is unclear point, please tell me.
> 
> What was the purpose behind this, again? Sorry, has been too long since
> I last looked.

The memory allocator bitmaps are the main remaining reason we need the
concept of linear memory.  If we can get rid of them, it's one step closer
to managing memory as a set of sections.

Dave McCracken

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