On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 00:26:59 +1000 (EST) 
 Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au> wrote:

 > Can someone please explain what the difference is between kmem_alloc()
 > and malloc() within the kernel, and which should be used when ?

Really, you should be using malloc() if you want to do general purpose 
memory allocation.

kmem_alloc() is handy for special applications, like when you want to 
allocate memory and map it in the mbuf map, for example.  kmem_alloc() 
isn't used in very many places.

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