On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:16:28 -0400 cjjoy1980 <cjjoy1980@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to boot a MIPS based embedded board. > I am able to NFS boot the kernel and rootfile system through > tftp. > I have now created the initramfs of the same rootfile system, > after little hickups I was able to boot the board. > But when I try to insmode a module I am getting the following > error: > > insmod: error inserting 'linux-kernel-bcm.ko': -1 Cannot allocate memory > Unable to load Module : linux-kernel-bcm.ko. Error Code 1 > > The dmesg shows: > 'linux-kernel-bcm.ko : No more DMA blocks > 'linux-kernel-bcm.ko': No Dma memory available No more memory available. > The insmode works with the NFS version of the same rootfs and kernel. Because NFS doesn't use as much memory as a ramdisk/ramfs does. > On googling I found this error is due to kernel version mismatch. > But I am using the same kernel used for NFS booting. > > Please let me know where I am wrong? Try to use less memory. Enable less kernel features, optimize for size and not for speed, use a smaller userland (try the uclibc/busybox/tinylogin combination). Erik -- Erik Mouw -- mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx GPG key fingerprint: D6AC 7F15 A26E C5C4 62E0 4A58 FCF9 551C 9B48 B68D
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