Pantelis Antoniou wrote:

Joakim Tjernlund wrote:

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Don't know when it's safe to call kmalloc, but maybe you
should avoid kmalloc?  Is it possible to use
kmalloc when the microcode(8xx_io/micropatch.c) is loaded?

  Jocke

I fixed the problem via another way.

At startup I use a statically allocated area, or
the bootmem allocated page.

The kmalloc is used only when a request for memory
cannot be satisfied by this memory.

I will probably post the patch for the hostmem today,
followed tommorow by the patch for the dpmem.

Stay tuned.

It seems that I don't have enough time to post the patch today.
Tommorow however I'll post the final one.

Regards

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Hi

I'm hacking now the 8xx hostalloc and dpalloc stuff,
and I have a a question.

At what point in the startup process is it OK to call
kmalloc?

I don't think it is safe at the setup_arch point.

Is this correct?

Thanks

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INTRACOM S.A. Greece

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INTRACOM S.A. Greece

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INTRACOM S.A. Greece


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