On Apr 4, 2005 6:15 PM, Sandeep Tyagi <sandeepktyagi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Let me reframe my query. > > Is it possible to have a buffer of size greater than a page size in > linux 2.6 kernel ? No, not if you mean memory referred to by a buffer_head structure. However, using the struct bio structure you can issue i/o requests spanning several pages. Have a look at mpage.c for inspiration. I may be involved in a similar work that you do, please let me know what you find out. HTH Martin Jambor -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
