Re: NT DDK vs. Linux DDI, a practical comparison [long]

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
21 Sep 1998 16:02:40 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.19980921094157.13917@morgana.systemy.it>,
Alessandro Rubini <rubini@pop.systemy.it> wrote:
>
>Stephen Williams:
>> Linux lacks a practical way to get large, physically contiguous regions of
>> memory. [...] I'll be pushing the bygphysarea patch once 2.3 starts.
>
>Please note that there's no need for such patch. Instead of modifying the
>kernel to tell "bigphysarea=40M" just boot with "mem=24M" and use
>proper sw (no patch needed).

That's not a particularly good solution, because it requires
user intervention to make it work, and in the grand tradition
of the lilo >64mb hack, it leaves a wonderful opportunity to
see just how the machine can not work the way you want it to
if you add or subtract memory.

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david parsons \bi/ Let the kernel manage memory instead of going to
\/ usermode hacks.

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