Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Does pci_alloc_consisent really need to zero memory? | From | Emmanuel Michon <> | Date | 30 May 2002 13:05:26 +0200 |
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"David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> writes:
> I'd rather see a patch to DMA-mapping.txt that specifies the memory > returned is zeroed out, as this is what every implementation appears > to do.
What was the idea when writing the code that zeroes memory? It seems so useless.
Sincerely yours,
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