From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, discuss@x86-64.org,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, ak@suse.de, "Mallick,
Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.13 0/6] swiotlb maintenance and x86_64 dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device}
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:50:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050923185021.GC6576@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B8E391BBE9FE384DAA4C5C003888BE6F04795ED2@scsmsx401.amr.corp.intel.com>
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 11:27:26AM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> >> It should just go away once the GFP_DMA32 code is merged.
> >
> >Is that the plan? I suppose it makes sense.
> I don't have a good (or in fact any) understanding of the impact
> of GFP_DMA32 on ia64. People tell me it will all be good, but I'd
> like to hear from someone running it.
All the patches I saw were for x86_64. So, the impact on ia64 should
be minimal... :-)
> If it is good, and if it is coming soon, then there is no point
> moving swiotlb. But I don't know the answers to either of those
> questions.
The xen guys have an swiotlb implementation, although theres differs
somewhat. Perhaps if we moved it out from under ia64, the two could
be consolidated?
John
--
John W. Linville
linville@tuxdriver.com
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, discuss@x86-64.org,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, ak@suse.de, "Mallick,
Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.13 0/6] swiotlb maintenance and x86_64 dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device}
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:50:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050923185021.GC6576@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B8E391BBE9FE384DAA4C5C003888BE6F04795ED2@scsmsx401.amr.corp.intel.com>
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 11:27:26AM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> >> It should just go away once the GFP_DMA32 code is merged.
> >
> >Is that the plan? I suppose it makes sense.
> I don't have a good (or in fact any) understanding of the impact
> of GFP_DMA32 on ia64. People tell me it will all be good, but I'd
> like to hear from someone running it.
All the patches I saw were for x86_64. So, the impact on ia64 should
be minimal... :-)
> If it is good, and if it is coming soon, then there is no point
> moving swiotlb. But I don't know the answers to either of those
> questions.
The xen guys have an swiotlb implementation, although theres differs
somewhat. Perhaps if we moved it out from under ia64, the two could
be consolidated?
John
--
John W. Linville
linville@tuxdriver.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-23 18:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 99+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-29 20:09 [patch 2.6.13] x86_64: implement dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} John W. Linville
2005-08-29 20:54 ` Andi Kleen
2005-08-29 21:48 ` John W. Linville
2005-08-30 1:14 ` [discuss] " Andi Kleen
2005-08-30 17:54 ` John W. Linville
2005-08-30 17:58 ` [patch 2.6.13] swiotlb: add swiotlb_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} John W. Linville
2005-08-30 17:58 ` John W. Linville
2005-08-30 18:00 ` [patch 2.6.13] x86_64: implement dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} John W. Linville
2005-08-30 18:03 ` [patch 2.6.13] swiotlb: add swiotlb_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} Luck, Tony
2005-08-30 18:03 ` Luck, Tony
2005-08-30 18:09 ` John W. Linville
2005-08-30 18:09 ` John W. Linville
2005-08-30 18:33 ` [rfc patch] swiotlb: consolidate swiotlb_sync_single_* implementations John W. Linville
2005-08-30 18:33 ` John W. Linville
2005-08-30 18:40 ` [rfc patch] swiotlb: consolidate swiotlb_sync_sg_* implementations John W. Linville
2005-08-30 18:40 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` [patch 2.6.13 0/6] swiotlb maintenance and x86_64 dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` [patch 2.6.13 1/6] swiotlb: move from arch/ia64/lib to lib John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` [patch 2.6.13 2/6] swiotlb: cleanup some code duplication cruft John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` [patch 2.6.13 3/6] swiotlb: support syncing sub-ranges of mappings John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` [patch 2.6.13 4/6] swiotlb: support syncing DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL mappings John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` [patch 2.6.13 5/6] swiotlb: file header comments John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 14:48 ` [patch 2.6.13 6/6] x86_64: implement dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} John W. Linville
2005-09-12 15:22 ` Andi Kleen
2005-09-12 18:51 ` [patch 2.6.13 4/6] swiotlb: support syncing DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL mappings Grant Grundler
2005-09-12 18:51 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-12 19:51 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 19:51 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 19:53 ` [patch 2.6.13] swiotlb: BUG() for DMA_NONE in sync_single John W. Linville
2005-09-12 19:53 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 20:23 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-12 20:23 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-12 23:45 ` [patch 2.6.13 (take #2)] " John W. Linville
2005-09-12 23:45 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-12 23:59 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-12 23:59 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-13 4:05 ` [discuss] " Andi Kleen
2005-09-13 4:05 ` Andi Kleen
2005-09-22 20:37 ` [patch 2.6.13 0/6] swiotlb maintenance and x86_64 dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} Luck, Tony
2005-09-22 20:37 ` Luck, Tony
2005-09-22 20:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-09-22 20:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-09-23 18:22 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-23 18:22 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-23 18:31 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2005-09-23 18:31 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2005-09-23 18:27 ` Luck, Tony
2005-09-23 18:27 ` Luck, Tony
2005-09-23 18:50 ` John W. Linville [this message]
2005-09-23 18:50 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-23 21:38 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-23 21:38 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-26 7:01 ` Andi Kleen
2005-09-26 7:01 ` Andi Kleen
2005-09-26 21:01 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 0/5] " John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 1/5] swiotlb: move from arch/ia64/lib to drivers/pci John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 2/5] swiotlb: cleanup some code duplication cruft John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 3/5] swiotlb: support syncing sub-ranges of mappings John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 4/5] swiotlb: support syncing DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL mappings John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 5/5] swiotlb: file header comments John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:01 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:33 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 0/5] swiotlb maintenance and x86_64 dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} Matthew Wilcox
2005-09-26 21:33 ` Matthew Wilcox
2005-09-26 21:54 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-26 21:54 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-26 22:08 ` Luck, Tony
2005-09-26 22:08 ` Luck, Tony
2005-09-26 22:46 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-26 22:46 ` Grant Grundler
2005-09-27 0:14 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-27 0:14 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-27 2:47 ` Tony Luck
2005-09-27 2:47 ` Tony Luck
2005-09-28 21:50 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 0/6] " John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 1/6] swiotlb: move from arch/ia64/lib/ to lib/ John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 2/6] swiotlb: cleanup some code duplication cruft John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 3/6] swiotlb: support syncing sub-ranges of mappings John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 4/6] swiotlb: support syncing DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL mappings John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 5/6] swiotlb: file header comments John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` John W. Linville
2005-09-28 21:50 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 6/6] x86_64: implement dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} John W. Linville
2005-09-29 22:42 ` [patch 2.6.14-rc2 0/6] swiotlb maintenance and x86_64 dma_sync_single_range_for_{cpu,device} Luck, Tony
2005-09-29 22:42 ` Luck, Tony
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