kmalloc and startup process

Joakim Tjernlund joakim.tjernlund at lumentis.se
Wed Dec 18 00:19:46 EST 2002


Don't know when it's safe to call kmalloc, but maybe you
should avoid kmalloc?  Is it possible to use
kmalloc when the microcode(8xx_io/micropatch.c) is loaded?

   Jocke
>
>
> Hi
>
> I'm hacking now the 8xx hostalloc and dpalloc stuff,
> and I have a a question.
>
> At what point in the startup process is it OK to call
> kmalloc?
>
> I don't think it is safe at the setup_arch point.
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Pantelis Antoniou
> INTRACOM S.A. Greece
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