Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] RFC: kills consistent_dma_mask | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 19 Aug 2003 14:07:18 +0100 |
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On Maw, 2003-08-19 at 10:03, Jes Sorensen wrote: > That would be totally messy. Having drivers do the accounting of what > mask is currently set and have them switch back and forth depending on > what type of allocation is currently being used would be a nightmare > to debug.
It is messy, but the consistent mask only helps a small subset of cases. Having an __pci_alloc_foo that took the mask as an argument is (a) trivial (b) adds almost no code (c) solves the general case problem.
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