>
> > > At work, we use Linux/X/GNU as development system (about 15 linux
> > > stations). 2 megs is probably just enough to load the kernel and
> > > kernel is not pageable.
> >
> > If the machine has enough memory, the kernel should be loaded at
> > the 16 MB mark.
>
> Thats something that was kicked around ages ago. However it fundamentally
> changes an assumption used by a lot of drivers that their static structures
> are in DMA space.
Not true, at least not generally.
Drivers that are modularized were never able to make this assumption.
Mike
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