Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:50:23 -0400 | From | "John W. Linville" <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2.6.13 0/6] swiotlb maintenance and x86_64 dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} |
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 11:27:26AM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote: > >> It should just go away once the GFP_DMA32 code is merged. > > > >Is that the plan? I suppose it makes sense.
> I don't have a good (or in fact any) understanding of the impact > of GFP_DMA32 on ia64. People tell me it will all be good, but I'd > like to hear from someone running it.
All the patches I saw were for x86_64. So, the impact on ia64 should be minimal... :-)
> If it is good, and if it is coming soon, then there is no point > moving swiotlb. But I don't know the answers to either of those > questions.
The xen guys have an swiotlb implementation, although theres differs somewhat. Perhaps if we moved it out from under ia64, the two could be consolidated?
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