From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 01:52:17 +0100 (CET) From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: Getting big areas of memory, in 2.3.x? In-Reply-To: <199912092344.AAA01364@agnes.faerie.monroyaume> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: JF Martinez Cc: wje@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com, R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl, Jeff Garzik , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, MM mailing list List-ID: On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, JF Martinez 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. modules are nice for many things (like installation), but if you expect to be able to allocate 100MB continuous RAM on a booted-up 128MB box then you are simply out of luck. if modules with tough RAM-needs are absolutely needed for whatever reason, then use initrd and there will be no fsck problems ... -- mingo -- 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/