Re: kernel freeze with 1GB and SMP

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David Geldreich <David.Geldreich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>     This driver uses highmemory to store a ring buffer when
> streaming video. On a 512Mb machine, I limit the memory to 500Meg
> (with mem=500M) and so the driver got 12Mb to use. This works fine
> with a non-SMP kernel (2.4.17) but with an SMP kernel it seems that
> after ioremapping the physical high memory to virtual adress space
> the kernel freeze.

What is the point of doing that in the first place?  Do you really
need physically continous memory?

  Gerd

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