Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:16:10 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Updated 2.3.x job list (its getting shorter) |
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James A Simmons 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. > And it's useful how?
Probably not useful. Being able to guarantee allocation of, say, 16k contiguous DMA is more much useful though.
enjoy, -- Jamie
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