Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:56:21 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0 of 9] swiotlb: use phys_addr_t for pages |
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* FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
> You brought up a different topic, DMA bouncing implementations > unification. DMA bouncing implementations unification is a very nice > cleanup. But it's not related with Becky's patch to break IA64 build at > all.
All i'm saying is that obviously neither Jeremy's nor Becky's patches were created in a vacuum, and had it not been for the need and desire to extend swiotlb we'd not have seen Becky's 9/9 cleanup patch either.
Ingo
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