pci_map_single()

hi all, "pci_map_single()" what it does exactly? -- regards, Mansha

__devinit

HI all, what is the significance of the __devinit in the init_module() ? -- regards, Mansha

Re: how to hack the sk_buff memory

On 10/8/07, Mansha Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/4/07, Peter Teoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The whole net code is highly optimized - in the sense that it is > > copied between different parts of the memory only twice - according

Re: how to hack the sk_buff memory

On 10/4/07, Peter Teoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The whole net code is highly optimized - in the sense that it is > copied between different parts of the memory only twice - according to > "Linux Network Internals" - all the way to userspace (correct? if i > did not remember wrongly :-)). An

how to hack the sk_buff memory

hi all, i want to write the kernel module which will hack the sk_buff memory. description: i have the nic card. From the application am running the send/receive (some traffic) test through this nic, during this test i wanted my kernel module to be hacking memory(sk_buff memory) continuously whil

Spinlocks on Uniprocessor

Hi all, Could you please explain me why do we need the spinlocks on uniprocessor machines? Is this the only reason that the kernel is preemptive ? -- regards, Mansha