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Subject: RE: insmod is failing on systems with small amout of memory
From: Ivica Mikec <imikec () hotmail ! com>
Date: 2009-10-25 6:56:28
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> From: dronnikov@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:57:55 +0400
> Subject: Re: insmod is failing on systems with small amout of memory
> To: imikec@hotmail.com
> CC: busybox@busybox.net
>
> > Insmod fails on system with small amout of memory. I traced this problem to
> > a change where insmod used malloc instead of mmemap. I wonder if we can add
> > a option which will select either of the methods?
>
> The point of malloc() is to handle compressed modules. Do you use
> compressed (.ko.gz, .ko.bz2) modules?
>
> --
> Vladimir
No, I am not using compressed module. The patch is exactly what I did with 1.12.4. \
But the problem is the when you change the version, you will need a new patch. It \
would be helpful if this patch can be included in the main tree.
Regards
Ivica
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<br><br>> From: dronnikov@gmail.com<br>> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:57:55 \
+0400<br>> Subject: Re: insmod is failing on systems with small amout of \
memory<br>> To: imikec@hotmail.com<br>> CC: busybox@busybox.net<br>> \
<br>> > Insmod fails on system with small amout of memory. I traced this \
problem to<br>> > a change where insmod used malloc instead of mmemap. I wonder \
if we can add<br>> > a option which will select either of the methods?<br>> \
<br>> The point of malloc() is to handle compressed modules. Do you use<br>> \
compressed (.ko.gz, .ko.bz2) modules?<br>> <br>> --<br>> Vladimir<br><br>No, \
I am not using compressed module. The patch is exactly what I did with 1.12.4. But \
the problem is the when you change the<br>version, you will need a new patch. It \
would be helpful if this patch can be included in the main \
tree.<br><br>Regards<br><br>Ivica<br> <br /><hr />Windows 7: It works the \
way you want. <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:102009' \
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