In a network driver, I tried to allocate memory for DMA buffer of length
132 KB and the call (kmalloc()) failed. Hacking through kmalloc.c, I found
that it does not allow allocating memory more than (128K - 24) bytes, if the
page size is 4KB.
Me questions are -
1. Why is that limitation ?
2. Is there any way to allocate 132 KB memory (physically contiguous) ?
My system has 32 MB memory.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanx in advance,
- Somnath.
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