Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: reg memory allocated by kmalloc | Date | Mon, 18 Dec 2000 12:09:09 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I would like to know.. is memory allocated by kmalloc always double word > aligned????.. and is this suitable for dma only if i use GFP_DMA priority... > i mean dma for a pci device... or can i just specify GFP_KERNEL and use > it.... is it safe to proceed in this way???
The alignment should be fine yes. GFP_DMA is for ISA bus 24bit DMA, GFP_KERNEL is 32bit so if your PCI card has true 32bit DMA it will do. 2.4 has the pci_alloc_* interface
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