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From: MOHAMMED AZAD <mohammedazad@nestec.net>
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Subject: reg memory allocated by kmalloc
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:16:34 +0530
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Hi all,

I would like to know.. is memory allocated by kmalloc always double word
aligned????.. and is this suitable for dma only if i use GFP_DMA priority...
i mean dma for a pci device... or can i just specify GFP_KERNEL and use
it.... is it safe to proceed in this way???

thanks
azad
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