Re: differences between M_CACHE, M_DEVBUF, M_TEMP

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 08:29, Bharma Ji wrote: > I am trying to understand the difference in these three different memories. > Code comments in kern_malloc.c says that M_DEVBUF should be used for device > driver. I didn't however see any major difference between the three > memories. Can a device t

differences between M_CACHE, M_DEVBUF, M_TEMP

2006-05-08 Thread Bharma Ji
Hi I am trying to understand the difference in these three different memories. Code comments in kern_malloc.c says that M_DEVBUF should be used for device driver. I didn't however see any major difference between the three memories. Can a device theoretically take up memory from M_TEMP (or M_CACH