From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 00:44:58 +0100 Message-Id: <199912092344.AAA01364@agnes.faerie.monroyaume> From: JF Martinez In-reply-to: <199912092332.AAA27593@cave.bitwizard.nl> (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl) Subject: Re: Getting big areas of memory, in 2.3.x? References: <199912092332.AAA27593@cave.bitwizard.nl> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu Cc: wje@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com, R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl.jgarzik, @mandrakesoft.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: > > Ingo Molnar wrote: > > yep, if eg. an fsck happened before modules are loaded then RAM is filled > > up with the buffer-cache. The best guarantee is to compile such drivers > > into the kernel. > Modules are crucial. The best gurantee is fix the problem and keep the drivers where they must be: in modules not in the main kernel. -- Jean Francois Martinez -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://humbolt.geo.uu.nl/Linux-MM/