Dear List, I try to use kmalloc in a kernel patch (Not in a module! It is compiled to the kernel). It is called at the very beginningof the boot process. It initialises the system clock from the RTC. It is running on an mpc860 platform. I try to allocate some buffers using kmem = kmalloc(2000, GFP_KERNEL); or mem_addr = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL); If I put the kmalloc into a module, it works nicely. But when I compile these lines, the boot process freezes. Does anyone have any idea why??? Am I trying to allocate memory too early in the boot process? Which is the critical point where I can use these functions? TIA && Good byte! -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
