Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:11:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:11:57 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:30865 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:11:56 -0500 Subject: Re: Proposal: Eliminate GFP_DMA From: Alan Cox To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Andi Kleen , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030228141234.H23865@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20030228064631.G23865@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <20030228141234.H23865@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1046445897.16599.60.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-4) Date: 28 Feb 2003 15:24:58 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 733 Lines: 18 On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 14:12, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > i'm not the kind of person who just changes the header file and breaks all > the drivers. plan: > > - Add the GFP_ATOMIC_DMA & GFP_KERNEL_DMA definitions > - Change the drivers > - Delete the GFP_DMA definition Needless pain for people maintaining cross release drivers. Save it for 2.7 where we should finally do the honourable deed given x86-64 may well be mainstream, and simply remove GFP_DMA and expect people to use pci_* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/