In message <3D3E91E6.4000500 at esd-electronics.com> you wrote: > > I am writing a LKM that contains a huge constant array of data that is used > as firmware for a PCI card that is connected to the system where the LKM is > loaded. > > The module_init function writes the constant data array into the PCI card's > RAM and triggers > a CPU on that card to jump to the firmware code. This works fine.
Why don't you load the firmware using some ioctl() _after_ loading the module? > But after doing so, the firmware data is still wasting kernel memory on the > host system > and is not used anymore. > How can I free that memory ? Is there a better way to handle that data ? If you really think you must link the data with the module: Declare it using "__initdata" ? Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de This is an unauthorized cybernetic announcement. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
