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On 11/26/2012 09:43 PM, Tang Chen wrote:
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> And about how to fix it, as you said, we can handle the situation if
> user specified DMA address as movable. But how to handle "too little
> memory for kernel to start" case ?  Is there any info about how much
> at least memory kernel needs ?
>

Not really, and it depends on so many variables.

	-hpa


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On 11/26/2012 09:43 PM, Tang Chen wrote:
>
> And about how to fix it, as you said, we can handle the situation if
> user specified DMA address as movable. But how to handle "too little
> memory for kernel to start" case ?  Is there any info about how much
> at least memory kernel needs ?
>

Not really, and it depends on so many variables.

	-hpa


-- 
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I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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