Subject: Re: amap memory allocation
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/13/2006 12:49:20
On Jun 11, 2006, at 7:34 PM, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:

>> On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 02:45:45PM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>>> which includes:
>>> 	1. implement solaris-like vmem.
>>
>> Could you elaborate a bit what this is and why you are changing  
>> things?
>> I have no idea what solaris "vmem" is.
>>
>> Martin
>
> for "what's vmem", see:
> 	http://www.usenix.org/event/usenix01/bonwick.html
>
> as i wrote in the previous mail, my primary purpose at this point is
> to make amap use kernel_map rather than kmem_map.
> (the latter is more restricted and there's no point for amap to use  
> it.)
>
> for long term, i'd like to replace extent(9) and malloc(9),
> but my implementation is still far from it.

YES YES YES!!!!!

>
> YAMAMOTO Takashi

-- thorpej