Re: request memory from kernel

Hi...... On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh) <bgholikh@cisco.com> wrote:

My question is if I want to put aside some portion of the our platform memory (about 300 Mbytes) for couple of our kernel modules, how could I achieve this and how to access the dedicated memory for those modules at the run time.

after some googling, I think you need to use memory pool for page reservation. Someone is kind enough to summarize how to use memory pool here: http://venkateshpnv.blogspot.com/2011/05/memory-allocation-rough-notes-by-ch... (maybe he's also in kernelnewbies). Good luck... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com