From: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Memory problem with bttv driver
Date: 15 Jan 2002 10:17:03 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrna480cv.68d.kraxel@bytesex.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020114210039.180c0438.skraw@ithnet.com> <E16QETz-0002yD-00@the-village.bc.nu> <20020115004205.A12407@werewolf.able.es>
> >Making it bigger reduces that amount of ram directly mapped by the kernel
> >which hits performance (nastily for 2.4 not so bad for 2.5)
>
> (Sorry for joning so late to the thread...)
> It is wokring fine for me, under 2.4.18-pre3 + NVidia. The difference is
> that I am using version 0.7.87 (see http://giga.cps.unizar.es/~magallon/linux/2.4.18-pre3/)
> I have just checked the bttv page (http://bytesex.org/bttv/) and there is
> a newer version (0.7.88). What comes in .17 is 0.7.83. I have not
> noticed anything relevant in changelog, but you can try...
MM wise it shouldn't make a difference whenever you are using 0.7.83 or
0.7.88 (I've mailed 0.7.88 patches to macelo for 2.4.18 btw). The 0.8.x
versions have a complete different way to do the memory management.
Gerd
--
#define ENOCLUE 125 /* userland programmer induced race condition */
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-15 10:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-14 17:12 Memory problem with bttv driver Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-14 17:40 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 17:43 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-14 17:56 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 18:38 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-14 19:48 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-14 20:03 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 20:00 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-14 21:17 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-14 23:42 ` J.A. Magallon
2002-01-15 10:17 ` Gerd Knorr [this message]
2002-01-15 11:14 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-15 13:20 ` Gerd Knorr
2002-01-15 13:46 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-15 15:16 ` Gerd Knorr
2002-01-15 16:35 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-16 9:57 ` Gerd Knorr
2002-01-16 17:24 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.21.0201142245040.2118-100000@localhost.localdomain>
2002-01-15 1:55 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
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