Messages in this thread | | | From | David Mosberger <> | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:13:12 -0700 | Subject | Re: 32-bit dma allocations on 64-bit platforms |
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>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:16:27 +0200, Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com> said:
Arjan> the real solution is an iommu of course, but the highmem Arjan> solution has quite some merit too..... I know you disagree Arjan> with me on that one though.
Yes, some merits and some faults. The real solution is iommu or 64-bit capable devices. Interesting that graphics controllers should be last to get 64-bit DMA capability, considering how much more complex they are than disk controllers or NICs.
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