Re: bootmem allocator

[Joseph A Knapka <jknapka@earthlink.net>]

Mcen navaraj wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> please explain me what is the use of the bootmem
> allocator ?

It's used to allocate memory at boot time before the
kernel MM system is initialized. In general, bootmem
pages are permanently reserved, almost as if they had
been loaded with the kernel image.

Cheers,

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