Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:55:47 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] RFC: kills consistent_dma_mask |
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On 19 Aug 2003 14:07:18 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> It is messy, but the consistent mask only helps a small subset of cases. > Having an __pci_alloc_foo that took the mask as an argument is (a) > trivial (b) adds almost no code (c) solves the general case problem.
(d) Makes implementations have to verify the mask is usable on every mapping attempt. - 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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