tech-kern: Corret way to allocate memory in kernel ?

Subject: Corret way to allocate memory in kernel ?
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/15/1996 00:26:59

Can someone please explain what the difference is between kmem_alloc()
and malloc() within the kernel, and which should be used when ?

Thanks,
Darren