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From: Lino Sanfilippo <lsanfil@marvell.com>
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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 01:50:39 -0800
Subject: Mbuf memory handling
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Hi all,

I want to implement a device driver for a NIC which stores received data in=
to chunks within
a page (>=3D4k) in host memory. One page shall be used for multiple packets=
 and freed
after all mbufs linked to that page have been processed. So I would like to=
 know what is the recommended way
to handle this in FreeBSD? Any hints are very appreciated.

Regards,
Lino