>>>>> "Ingo" == Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
Ingo> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>> > ie. 99.45% of all allocations are single-page! 0.50% is the 8kb
>>
>> You're right. That's why it's a waste to have so many order in the
>> buddy allocator. [...]
Ingo> yep, i agree. I'm not sure what the biggest allocation is, some
Ingo> drivers might use megabytes or contiguous RAM?
9.5KB blocks is common for people running Gigabit Ethernet with Jumbo
frames at least.
Jes
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