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

Follow-up Comment #4, patch #4818 (project hurd): Hey Thomas, thanks for the followup. I'll try to find some time to investigate this, doesn't seem to me such a complicated issue tho. Anyways, I already have a faster substitute code for the bitscanning stuff (which was legacy code). Thanks, Gia

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

Update of patch #4818 (project hurd): Status: In Progress => Postponed ___ Follow-up Comment #3: This patch fails to work together with Samuel's patch #7118 which is now applied to the gnumach-1

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

Update of patch #4818 (project hurd): Planned Release:None => GNU Mach 1.4 ___ Reply to this item at: __

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

Update of patch #4818 (project hurd): Status:None => In Progress Assigned to:None => tschwinge ___ Reply to this item at:

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

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

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

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

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

Hi, On 1/22/06, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously vm bugs are very painful to debug when they happen. Can you > briefly describe what testing this patch has undergone? (How > stressful a test, importantly?) Yes, this is THE question. Well, I started writing and testing

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

> For people that doesn't like mails coming from savannah bug > tracker (this involves me too) I inline the patch. It's quite > long (1k lines) but well, just to give an idea of what it does, > here it is. Obviously vm bugs are very painful to debug when they happen. Can you br

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

Gianluca Guida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For people that doesn't like mails coming from savannah bug tracker > (this involves me too) I inline the patch. > It's quite long (1k lines) but well, just to give an idea of what it > does, here it is. Obviously vm bugs are very painful to debug when

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

For inline patches fans, here it is: This is a new version of the patch. No major improvement, it's just a cleaning of the previous patch: - Removed the rtl8139.c, which I forgot to remove in the previous patch; - Removed some debugging printf that I forgot, in pure StoMach style; Happy Testing

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

Follow-up Comment #1, patch #4818 (project hurd): This is a new version of the patch. No major improvement, it's just a cleaning of the previous patch: - Removed the rtl8139.c, which I forgot to remove in the previous patch; - Removed some debugging printf that I forgot, in pure StoMach style;

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

On 1/21/06, Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PS, I'm assuming that the inclusion of ../rtl8139.c was a mistake. ;) Whops! Yes it does, it's not even needed anymore, since some patch in the debian (which I hope is going to be committed soon) already fixes this! Posting cleaned patch s

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

Nice patch, overall it looks great. A bit more testing and another eyeball check, and it should go in. PS, I'm assuming that the inclusion of ../rtl8139.c was a mistake. ;) ___ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listin

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

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

Hi, For people that doesn't like mails coming from savannah bug tracker (this involves me too) I inline the patch. It's quite long (1k lines) but well, just to give an idea of what it does, here it is. 2006-01-20 Gianluca Guida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * vm/pmap.h (pmap_is_dma, pmap_is_norma