Re: Questton about Zone Allocation 2.4.X

From: Jeff V. Merkey (jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org)
Date: Thu Jan 02 2003 - 20:08:49 EST


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> __get_free_pages() allocates from lowmem (i.e. 0-4GB) only.
> Allocate from highmem instead.

0-4GB is where I need to allocate, so allocating from highmem is not
a solution. I found the Ingo/Andrea patch for RH 8.0, but this patch
looks a little scary since it affects the memory allocations between
user and kernel space and the ratios alloted to these areas (I may
be missing something here -- as Dave M. puts it "Jeff you are such a pain
in the ass sometimes" :-).

Jeff

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> Bill
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