Re: kernel page caching questions

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>>> I'm developing a kernel module (sorry under nda till product release so
>>> no code available) which is currently allocating ~6MB of buffers (3 x
>>> 2MB buffers) with pci_alloc_consistent for dma usage, it will be less
>>> later on but for now the hardware requires this.
>>>
>>

Is swap enabled? Which platform is this? We have similar requirements
as you have and we use O_DIRECT. I am not sure what would be the
problem with it.

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