Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:36:10 +0000 (GMT)
From: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
To: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net>
cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: VM_AREA size
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> What would the ramifications be of increasing VM_AREA size in
> include/asm-i386/page.h from 128mb to 256mb. What would be the proper way to
> increase this if the above isn't? 

I think you mean __VMALLOC_RESERVE?  For the most part it's straightforward
to bump it up.  _However_, that breaks boot loader assumptions about where
to load initrd, causing mayhem in that case (and initramfs?).  That's
second hand info: if I'm wrong or out-of-date, Peter is the authority
and will correct me; or try Google VMALLOC_RESERVE boot.

Hugh

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