Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: kills consistent_dma_mask
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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On Llu, 2003-09-01 at 06:22, David S. Miller wrote:
> > > I'm too busy to partake in this thread right now, sorry.
> > 
> > Then I suggest we remove the feature until 2.7 since nobody has time
> > to make it work in 2.6
> 
> The problem is that it works for the people it was created
> for, you're going to break things for them.

Unfortunately those people don't have time to finish the feature for 2.6
so its just going to cause bugs and accidents.


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