From: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Optional ZONE_DMA V1
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:52:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4507D4EE.4060501@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060911222729.4849.69497.sendpatchset@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>
>>>>>>> "Christoph" = Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> writes:
>> Christoph> It is true for a large range of hardware. My x86 x64
>> Christoph> systems do not need the DMA zone and I have been running
>> Christoph> them for awhile in this mode. Some drivers are not
>> Christoph> available as a result of not having ZONE_DMA.
>>
>> Any idea which ones?
>
> There was the floppy driver and one type of USB stick that I noticed
> during the work on the project. But other drivers may depend also depend
> indirectly on DMA functionality and may also be disabled.
Ok, USB should ring alarm bells, floppy I think is less relevant these
days :)
Cheers,
Jes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-13 9:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-18 18:36 [PATCH 0/8] Optional ZONE_DMA V2 Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-11 22:27 ` [PATCH 0/8] Optional ZONE_DMA V1 Christoph Lameter
2006-09-11 22:27 ` [PATCH 2/6] Introduce CONFIG_ZONE_DMA Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 13:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-09-18 13:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-09-18 14:08 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2006-09-18 14:08 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2006-09-18 17:28 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 17:28 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-19 8:03 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2006-09-19 8:03 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2006-09-18 14:42 ` Russell King
2006-09-18 14:42 ` Russell King
2006-09-18 14:58 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-18 14:58 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-18 17:30 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 17:30 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 15:22 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-18 15:22 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-18 17:33 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 17:33 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 17:33 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 22:45 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-18 22:45 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-18 22:45 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-18 22:58 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 22:58 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 22:58 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 23:25 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-18 23:25 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-18 23:25 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-11 22:27 ` [PATCH 3/6] Optional ZONE_DMA in the VM Christoph Lameter
2006-09-12 0:35 ` Nick Piggin
2006-09-12 1:40 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-12 1:40 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-12 2:40 ` Nick Piggin
2006-09-12 7:22 ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-12 8:30 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-12 9:12 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-12 18:05 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-12 7:30 ` [PATCH 0/8] Optional ZONE_DMA V1 Arjan van de Ven
2006-09-12 13:34 ` Jack Steiner
2006-09-12 17:25 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-12 17:33 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-12 17:47 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-12 17:47 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-12 17:53 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-12 17:53 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-12 17:40 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-13 2:41 ` Nick Piggin
2006-09-13 7:55 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-13 7:57 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-13 8:10 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-13 9:52 ` Jes Sorensen [this message]
2006-09-13 17:23 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-13 17:23 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-13 17:49 ` Jack Steiner
2006-09-13 17:49 ` Jack Steiner
2006-09-13 18:00 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-13 18:00 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-14 8:52 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-14 8:52 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-14 16:55 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-14 16:55 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` [PATCH 1/8] Deal with cases of ZONE_DMA meaning the first zone Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` [PATCH 2/8] Introduce CONFIG_ZONE_DMA Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` [PATCH 3/8] Optional ZONE_DMA in the VM Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` [PATCH 4/8] Optional ZONE_DMA for i386 Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` [PATCH 5/8] Optional ZONE_DMA for x86_64 Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` [PATCH 6/8] Optional ZONE_DMA for ia64 Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` [PATCH 7/8] Remove ZONE_DMA remains from parisc Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` [PATCH 8/8] Remove ZONE_DMA remains from sh/sh64 Christoph Lameter
2006-09-18 18:36 ` Christoph Lameter
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2006-09-11 22:30 [PATCH 0/8] Optional ZONE_DMA V1 Christoph Lameter
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