Hi,
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 20:40:38 +0100, Jamie Lokier
<lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> said:
> I guess that's what I said too, but I don't see why aligning the zone is
> needed. May as well leave zones representing actual memory ranges,
> rather than some artificially aligned ranges for no obvious reason.
As I said, there may be hardware requirements where certain drivers need
aligned large allocations, and if you don't align the zone, you can't do
that.
--Stephen
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