Re: Allocating huge memeory in loadable kernel module

From: Arun Prasad Velu (arun_linux@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 02:27:47 EST


<<If your module is expected to be loaded into an
unmodified kernel though, that would be a problem.
>>Yes. Thats the problem and requirement.

Arun

--- Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi,

The only way I know of to do this is to use the
bootmem interface to
steal/reserve ram. If your module is expected to be
loaded into an
unmodified kernel though, that would be a problem.

         -Mike

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