Re: mm and DMA devices

Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:23:59 -0700 (PDT)


On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 kernel@kvack.org wrote:
> memory lists (say 1 per bit of significance above 24 bits). Practically,
> I have to ask what the value in this is. Do you really need to allocate >
> 16 MB in the normal use of a bloody sound card?

No, but you have to make sure memory below 16mb is available :}

Or even for many PCI cards, below 1gb or 2gb.

Itd be *very* embarassing to have 4gb of ram, 2gb used, and not be able to
use your PCI soundcard because it cant allocate ram below 1gb.

-Dan

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