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 -- Weil die späten Diskussionen nicht mal mehr den Rotwein lohnen. -- Wacholder in "Melanie"