Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:22:53 -0700 | | From | Andrew Morton <> | | Subject | ZONE_DMA (was: Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans) |
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(Subject rewritten, developer cc'ed, thwap delivered)
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:09:57 -0700 "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@mbligh.org> wrote:
> > > introduce-config_zone_dma.patch > > optional-zone_dma-in-the-vm.patch > > optional-zone_dma-in-the-vm-tidy.patch > > optional-zone_dma-for-i386.patch > > optional-zone_dma-for-x86_64.patch > > optional-zone_dma-for-ia64.patch > > remove-zone_dma-remains-from-parisc.patch > > remove-zone_dma-remains-from-sh-sh64.patch > > Would it not make sense to define what ZONE_DMA actually means > consistently before trying to change it? The current mess across > different architectures seems like a disaster area to me. > > What DOES requesting ZONE_DMA from a driver actually mean? >
AFAIK it means "floppy disks" ;)
My concern about these patches is that they'll only be useful for self-compiled kernels, because distros will be forced to enable ZONE_DMA for evermore anyway.
If that's correct then perhaps we should drop these patches, because they will serve to weaken ongoing testing. - 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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