Re: How to get big memory in device driver

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>]

> On Jul 8, 2023, at 3:53 PM, Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost> wrote:
> 
>>> Now I write comcerto 2000 network driver.
> 
>>> This device use about 12M byte work memory.
> 
>>> How to get so big memory in device driver ? 
> 
> Also, think about how to react on systems where that simply can't ever
> work, like an 8M machine.  Depending on various factors, it might not
> be possible to have that hardware on a machine without enough RAM, but
> if you're not sure of that, you might want to at least think about it.

This is a network interface built into an SoC, so this is not a concern.

-- thorpej