>>You can use the mem option to tell to the kernel that you've got less >>ram you really have. I really didnt got the point you made. Can you please elaborate it for my understanding. >>However you can read Linux device drivers chapter 8 i dont need to allocate large memory at the boot time also vmalloc and kmalloc i cant use as it can allocate free page up to 128kb, hence if you could suggest me a better technique i would really appriciate .
---Misbah <>< Marco Stornelli wrote: > > Misbah khan ha scritto: >> Hi all, >> >> I need to allocate 9 MB of memory in to the kernel space which i need to >> mmap for the application to access. >> >> I need to know what could be the best possible way of doing the same. >> >> Please share your experience in this regard . >> >> Thank you in advance >> >> ----Misbah <>< > You can use the mem option to tell to the kernel that you've got less > ram you really have. However you can read Linux device drivers chapter 8 > "Obtaining Large Buffers" :). > > Regards, > > -- > Marco Stornelli > Embedded Software Engineer > CoRiTeL - Consorzio di Ricerca sulle Telecomunicazioni > http://www.coritel.it > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +39 06 72582838 > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-allocate-9MB-of-memory-in-kernel---tp18503022p18503965.html Sent from the linuxppc-embedded mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
