From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:09:35 -0700 From: Matt Porter To: bhupinder sahran Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: pci_alloc_consistent size more than 4mb Message-ID: <20030312210935.A30677@home.com> References: <00df01c2e90a$85fc3b80$af85efcb@qhavm> <20030313032122.94630.qmail@web41506.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20030313032122.94630.qmail@web41506.mail.yahoo.com>; from bhup_sah@yahoo.com on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:21:22PM -0800 Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:21:22PM -0800, bhupinder sahran wrote: > > Hi guys > > I am using pci_alloc_consistent system call in one of > the driver. I need to get 16 mb of consistent memory. > But i am seeing that i can get maximum 4mb of memory > through pci_alloc_consistent or get_free_pages. Is > there anyway we can get 16mb of consistent memory from > the OS. I am using kernel version 2.4.7. Um, 2MB on 2.4. MAX_ORDER=10 as far as I recall back on 2.4. On 2.5 it's 11 and you can get 4MB max. Please read the mailing list...I answered this question just a few hours ago. -Matt ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/