Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:50:01 -0800 | From | Tim Wright <> | Subject | Re: Confirmation request about new 2.4.x. kernel limits |
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On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 05:44:46PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 08:27:49AM -0800, Tim Wright wrote: > > you are correct in saying that ia32 systems don't have IOMMU hardware, but > > it's unfortunate that we don't support 64-bit PCI bus master cards, since > > they're inexpensive and fairly common now. For instance, the Qlogic ISP SCSI > > cards can do 64-bit addressing, as can many others. Has anybody taken a look > > at enabling this ? > > Problem is that it needs a driver interface change and cooperation from the > drivers. > > -Andi
I thought as much. Sounds like 2.5 material really, although it might be interesting to see if I can make a patch to play with.
Regards,
Tim
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