Frederick Barnes wrote:
> I've been trying to install the bigphysarea stuff in
> the 2.3.36 kernel. However, the memory management
> has changed somewhat and memory_{start,end} no longer
> exist. What's the new strategy for getting n contigous
> pages at boot time (and a pointer to the start in the
> kernels address space) ?
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
alloc_bootmem(size)
alloc_bootmem_low(size) for GFP_DMA pages
Also alloc_bootmem_pages, alloc_bootmem_low_pages.
I don't think you need a patch any more.
have a nice day,
-- Jamie
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