Hi On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Steven Zhou <lullaby2005@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>sounds like "fixed mapping"..... area defined somewhere inside vmalloc > > Are you sure it's used in vmalloc? Uhm I mean, in VMALLOC_RESERVED area (IIRC that's the name), it's the upper 128 MB virtual address range of kernel memory space... This area is created for many needs...one of them, again IIRC ...is for fix mapping. Please read ULVM for detailed info... regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ