Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751506AbWEUKYL (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 06:24:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751515AbWEUKYL (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 06:24:11 -0400 Received: from smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.208]:7548 "HELO smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751506AbWEUKYJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 May 2006 06:24:09 -0400 Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 03:24:07 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Haar J?nos Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: swapper: page allocation failure. Message-ID: <20060521102407.GA5582@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <00e901c67cad$fe9a9d90$1800a8c0@dcccs> <20060521081621.GA1151@taniwha.stupidest.org> <010801c67cb1$bc13fd00$1800a8c0@dcccs> <20060521084728.GA2535@taniwha.stupidest.org> <012201c67cb5$7a213800$1800a8c0@dcccs> <20060521091022.GA3468@taniwha.stupidest.org> <014601c67cb9$4f235f30$1800a8c0@dcccs> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <014601c67cb9$4f235f30$1800a8c0@dcccs> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 603 Lines: 14 On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 11:31:12AM +0200, Haar J?nos wrote: > 1. why don't use highmem for caching? > 2. why can not allocate enough lowmem from shared-buffer for the e1000 > driver if it needs some memory? highmem can't be used as freely as lowmem, it has additional complexity and a slight over head that makes it hard or impossible to use in many places - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/