BOUNCE rtl@rtlinux.org: Approval required: (fwd)

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>From owner-rtl Thu Aug  2 11:21:41 2001
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From: Chris Hawks <chrish@syscon-intl.com>
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Subject: Re: [rtl] regd mbuff
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Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 12:24:11 -0500 (EST)
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---On Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:14:41 +0200 (CEST),  Tomasz Motylewski said

>>   I have doubt regd shared  memoty,
>>   What will be the maximum chunk of 
>>   memory i can allocate using shared
>>   memory driver, mbuff.o.
> 
> Opinions vary. I have seen raports of problems with blocks over 64 MB. But I
> was able to allocate more.
> 
> In general, you should be able to use all memory not used by the system. This
> means leave about 10-20 MB for Linux, use the rest of physical RAM. Of course
> if you start X windows you will need more memory for Linux.

    I'm currently using about 80 mbuffs ranging in size from 4k to 92k
without a problem.

--re: Re: [rtl] regd mbuff

                                 Chris
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