Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [1/3] Add 4GB DMA32 zone | Date | Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:08:18 -0400 | From | "Salyzyn, Mark" <> |
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Andi Kleen [mailto:ak@suse.de] writes: > Ok that makes a lot of sense. You should probably be really using > pci_alloc_consistent() instead of GFP_DMA directly here, but other than that it should just work. scsi-misc-2.6 version of the driver has but one left in an ioctl call that could be converted over ... Mostly done.
> Anyways, it shows the aacraid doesn't need GFP_DMA32 at all, which is good. > > I hope there are no other concerns about the patch and Linus could just merge it now?
Few concerns from me once the remaining driver source propagates, we will watch carefully and hopefully turn around bugfix patches quickly in the driver should it be needed. I seem to loose sleep at night over the legacy cards doing yet another strangeness ;-/
-- Mark
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