Re: how does kernel get the "current" task struct?

[Stephen C. Tweedie]

Hi,

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 20:40:38 +0100, Jamie Lokier
<[e-mail]> said:

> I guess that's what I said too, but I don't see why aligning the zone is
> needed.  May as well leave zones representing actual memory ranges,
> rather than some artificially aligned ranges for no obvious reason.

As I said, there may be hardware requirements where certain drivers need
aligned large allocations, and if you don't align the zone, you can't do
that.

--Stephen