netdev - Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP should depend on MMU

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Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:43:47 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	"Aubrey Li" <aubreylee@...il.com>,
	"Robin Getz" <rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org>, uaca@...mni.uv.es,
	bryan.wu@...log.com, "Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	waltje@...lt.nl.mugnet.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	"Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP should depend on MMU 

Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:

> Is it really possible to allocate an order-10 page, then release part of it
> (say an order-8 subpage) ?

Yes.

David
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