[Xen-devel] Fw: bigphysarea patch on xen capable linux

["Kashmira. K." <chimnee@xxxxxxxxx>]

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--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Kashmira. K. <chimnee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Kashmira. K. <chimnee@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: bigphysarea patch on xen capable linux
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 1:31 PM
> Hello Xen Experts
> 
> I am trying to port a linux application or rather a user
> mode linux driver (not built into the kernel) to Xen capable
> linux. This will be running in Dom0. This user mode driver
> used the linux pigphysarea patch to allocate large (over
> 1Gig) physically contiguous memory.
> 
> I have two questions:
> 
> 1. Is the bigphysarea patch supported on Xen capable
> linux?  If not what is the maximum physically
> contiguous memory Xen provides.
> 
> 2. If I were to run my application in DomU instead of Dom0,
> can the bigphysarea patch  be used then.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Kashmira
> 
> 
> 
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