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SubjectRe: [PATCH] add new DMA_ADDR_T_SIZE define
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, David S. Miller wrote:

> Yes true, storing the two consequetive 32-bit values is better
> for store buffer compression of the cpu. Using memset is much
> more inefficient because you push the full set of data once
> then you push non-compressible stores to the same data through
> the cpu.
>
> I'm not talking out of my ass, I've measured this.

So is the current wisdom something like "always treat dma_addr_t as a u64
and be happy"?

Ion

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