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From: wutcd@chemnitz.guug.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Subject: Re: BSD / 386BSD - two kernel/driver questions
Message-ID: <wutcd.718647723@hadrian>
Keywords: BSD 386BSD kernel-malloc / shutdown awareness of a driver
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References: <1583@hcshh.hcs.de>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 16:22:03 GMT
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hm@hcshh.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) writes:
>1. is it possible to malloc/free some memory inside a driver, or
> the other way around, is there a kernel_malloc(), kernel_free() ?
> (copy video memory -> temp memory/process contents -> video memory)
Ganz einfach: simply try using malloc() and free() within kernel:-)
386bsd has a new-style kernel memory allocator, somewhere in the sources
(never ask me) you'll find a comment. If you're interested in more, i
can email you my lp driver which allocates some kernel buffers.
Viele Gruesse
J"org
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