Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 May 2003 09:43:41 +0000 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [patch] support 64 bit pci_alloc_consistent |
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On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 02:35:33AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> WHile logically you are correct, the probing code is going to > look basically identical.
For most drivers I don't think it will. Most drivers will just say "look I can do THIS much. I don't give a flying fish about how much of that you actually use". At least in the probing code.
In code of say a scsi driver that has to pick some dma descriptor format it's a different matter of course, but there you have to check SOMETHING, either a variable you stored during probing, or now the effective mask.... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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