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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:05:03 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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To: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Reserving large amounts of RAM for busmastering PCI card.
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Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> 
> >  Since the 2.4 kernels introduce the e820map structure, I'd like to
> >  plug into that infrastructure, and create a new type memory segment
> >  for this storage (I envisage having more than one segment), but in the
> >  2.4.4 kernel (which I am forced to remain with for quite a while) it
> >  seems not to be used apart from set up at boot time.
> 
> Stop reinventing the wheel and take Matt & Pauline's bigphisarea.
>  http://www.polyware.nl/~middelink/patch/bigphysarea-2.4.4.tar.gz

Is bigphysarea needed in 2.4?   You have alloc_bootmem...

-- 
Jeff Garzik      | "I use Mandrake Linux for the same reason I turn
Building 1024    |  the light switch on and off 17 times before leaving
MandrakeSoft     |  the room.... If I don't my family will die."
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