Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Updated 2.3.x job list (its getting shorter) | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 31 Jan 2000 10:48:22 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Jamie" == Jamie Lokier <lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> writes:
Jamie> 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.
Jamie> How much hardware can do _ISA_ scatter/gather DMA?
-ENOCOFFEE ;-)
But then again, expecting to be able to allocate MB's contigous ISA space is kinda silly since there is just a total of 16MB to get anyway.
Jes
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