Isn't this solved by just recompiling the kernel with HIGHMEM support? John On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Timur Tabi wrote: > vmalloc() fails after about 890MB because the kernel memory map is only for > about 1GB. I know there are some hacks and work-arounds to get more than > that, but instead of reinventing the wheel, I was hoping some kind soul would > tell me how (a few hints would be nice!) > > The reason we use vmalloc() is because we need to apply memory pressure during > the allocating: memory should be swapped out to make room for our allocation. > > We're trying to allocate up to 3GB on a 4GB machine. Thanks in advance! > > - > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies > Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/ > -- John Tyner jtyner@cs.ucr.edu - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
