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SubjectRe: Updated 2.3.x job list (its getting shorter)
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>>>>> "James" == James A Simmons <jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu> writes:

James> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

>> > > vmalloc(GFP_DMA) is needed for DMA drivers > > Will you be able
>> to allocate several megs for DMA?
>>
>> Allocated as random pages - yes. Linear no.

James> And it's useful how?

Lotsa modern hardware will do scatter/gather DMA, very useful indeed.

Jes

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