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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: DMA buffer allocation and the sound driver.
From:       smurf () work ! smurf ! noris ! de (Matthias Urlichs)
Date:       1997-10-23 16:45:45
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  "J. Sean Connell" <ankh@canuck.gen.nz> writes:
> 
> Um, hang on, I have 22M free, why can't I allocate a DMA buffer?
> 
Because the sound buffer is way too big (i.e. it requires more than one
contiguous page) and your free pages are randomly scattered in memory.

Try telling the sound driver to use an 8-k or 16-k buffer instead of the
22-k buffer it is (likely) requesting.

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Matthias Urlichs
noris network GmbH

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