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    SubjectRe: Updated 2.3.x job list (its getting shorter)
    Jes Sorensen 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?
    > Lotsa modern hardware will do scatter/gather DMA, very useful indeed.

    How much hardware can do _ISA_ scatter/gather DMA?

    GFP_DMA is for ISA only. The allocator changes are useful for folks
    doing 32 bit PCI DMA, but that's not the question that was asked here.

    have a nice day,
    -- Jamie

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