Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261168AbTHSSrb (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:47:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261243AbTHSSmi (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:42:38 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:8598 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261168AbTHSSeC (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:34:02 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: kills consistent_dma_mask From: Alan Cox To: "David S. Miller" Cc: jes@wildopensource.com, zaitcev@redhat.com, khc@pm.waw.pl, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030819095547.2bf549e3.davem@redhat.com> References: <20030818111522.A12835@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <1061298438.30566.29.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030819095547.2bf549e3.davem@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1061317998.30567.44.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 19 Aug 2003 19:33:19 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 589 Lines: 14 On Maw, 2003-08-19 at 17:55, David S. Miller wrote: > (d) Makes implementations have to verify the mask is usable > on every mapping attempt. Or once per type with a bit of thought about it. I deal with hardware that has 2 limits on its consistent allocs and a different one with its streaming I/O buffers. It doesn't seem too atypical either - 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/