Re: [PATCH 2.6.15-rc5] hugetlb: make make_huge_pte global and fixcoding style

[Dave Hansen]

On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 11:55 -0600, Mark Rustad wrote:
> On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> > What driver needs to map huge pages?  Is it in the kernel tree  
> > now?  If
> > not, can you post the source, please?
> 
> It is a funky driver for an embedded system. I can't imagine it ever  
> being in the kernel tree, because not many people want to share 768M  
> of contiguous physical memory.
> 
> I can post the source, but it really is a bunch of random stuff for  
> am embedded application. We do make it available as part of our GPL  
> source release to customers.

You'd be surprised.  If we know what you're actually trying to do, we
might be able to suggest another option.  As Adam said, having userspace
mmap a hugetlb area, then hand it to the driver would certainly keep
your kernel modifications to a minimum.

-- Dave

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