Subject: Re: kernel kva allocation changes
To: None <matt@3am-software.com>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/08/2007 13:44:10
> YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > i'd like to make the following changes.  any comments?
> > - have a vmem arena which covers the entire kva, say, kernel_va_arena.
> 
> Can vmem handle a situation where there are disjoint regions of kva?  (As can
> happen on powerpc(oea)).

basically, yes.  there might be bootstrap difficulties,
depending on how badly it's disjointed, tho.
how much regions can it have?

YAMAMOTO Takashi