Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:06:20 +0200 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: Problem allocating DMA memory |
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Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > You misread the patch. The counting is purely optional, and I'll remove > it if people don't like it. The really useful part of the patch is that > dmaable pages go on a separate list from non-dma. It's a simple, obvious > extension of the existing mechanism that's easy to get right -- whereas > putting pages on the back of the list is going to be a lot more > subtle.
Ok. We're talking basically the same thing and to be honest, I prefer your strategy to mine. Yours is easier to optimise.
I'd remove the counting if there's no point to it.
-- Jamie
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