linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Initial alpha-0 for new page allocator API

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Date:	Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:14:22 -0700
From:	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...igh.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>, akpm@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Initial alpha-0 for new page allocator API


> And is fine with 16MB anyways I think.
> 
> 
>>- Some aacraid, mostly only for control structures. Those found on 64bit
>>are probably fine with slow alloc.
> 
> 
> That is the only case where there are rumours they are not fine with 16MB.
> 
> 
>>- Broadcom stuff - not sure if 30 or 31bit, around today and on 64bit
> 
> 
> b44 is 30bit. That's true. I even got one here.
> 
> But it doesn't count really because we can handle it fine with existing 
> 16MB GFP_DMA

The problem is that GFP_DMA does not mean 16MB on all architectures.

M.
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