Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >Don't know when it's safe to call kmalloc, but maybe you >should avoid kmalloc? Is it possible to use >kmalloc when the microcode(8xx_io/micropatch.c) is loaded? > > Jocke > I fixed the problem via another way.
At startup I use a statically allocated area, or the bootmem allocated page. The kmalloc is used only when a request for memory cannot be satisfied by this memory. I will probably post the patch for the hostmem today, followed tommorow by the patch for the dpmem. Stay tuned. >> >>Hi >> >>I'm hacking now the 8xx hostalloc and dpalloc stuff, >>and I have a a question. >> >>At what point in the startup process is it OK to call >>kmalloc? >> >>I don't think it is safe at the setup_arch point. >> >>Is this correct? >> >>Thanks >> >>-- >>Pantelis Antoniou >>INTRACOM S.A. Greece >> >> >> >> >> > > -- Pantelis Antoniou INTRACOM S.A. Greece ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
