[patch #4818] Dynamic memory allocation for Linux Device drivers in glue.

2006-01-28 Thread Gianluca Guida
Follow-up Comment #2, patch #4818 (project hurd): This is a new version of the zoned patch, which permits the linux glue to dynamically allocate memory. Changes in this patch are a new function, linux_kmem_collect that now get called by vm_pageout_scan. Here's the changelog entry: 2006-01-20

PCI scanning IRQ fix.

2006-01-28 Thread Gianluca Guida
Hi, My laptop's motherboard set its RTL8139 NIC IRQ at a value that is not included in the range 0<=x<16 and it's not 255. GNU Mach can't handle that, and when I try a 'devprobe eth0' I get a panic due to a failed assert (irq < 16). This patch tell GNU Mach to ignore this kind of IRQ. The real s

Re: [patch #4818] Dynamic memory allocation for Linux Device drivers in glue.

2006-01-28 Thread Gianluca Guida
Hello, As you've noticed, I just sent to savannah the new patch, which is basically the same but adds the last missing feature: the collecting of the unused memory in case of need (by the pageout thread). I think this patch is definitely reading for testing, so I would be happy if someone would e