Re: 2.1.91 swap performance: jerky.

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 14:18:15 +0000 (GMT)


> What's the real need of contiguous memory?

Video capture, video overlay, less intelligent ATM and FDDI interfaces
(I dont think there are HIPPI interfaces which can't fragment), ever doing
Linux SGI O2 support, etc

> Modules that need large physically contiguous memory chunks should be
> loaded very early after system start-up.

You mean "I cant see a quick way to fix it, compile it all in and hope it
goes away".

Alan

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