Phillip Susi <[email protected]> writes:
> Peter Osterlund wrote:
>
> >Phillip Susi <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> >>Peter Osterlund wrote:
> >> > OK, so it appears you can make packets bigger than 64KB. Can I please
> >>
> >>>have those patches so I can test this myself.
> >>>
> >>Sure, patches attached.
> >>
> >>patch-6 is the one you are interested in for the different sizes
> >
> >Thanks, it seems to work just fine. I have put the overflow and zero
> >check changes in my kernel patch queue.
> >
> >However, I want to wait with the increased max packet size until the
> >memory allocation strategy has been changed to avoid wasting lots of
> >memory in the common cases. I will go work on a patch to do that now.
> >
> Ahh, excellent. Also, is the memory currently non pagable? Is there
> a reason for that?
Yes the memory is non pagable. The linux kernel doesn't support
pagable kernel memory, only user space memory can be swapped out.
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