RE: [Linux-ia64] RE: DMA memory limitation?

["White, Charles" <Charles.White@COMPAQ.com>]

Yes, I thought about doing it that way, and it COULD be done, but right now
the driver allocates command buffer for IOCTLs as needed.  

So the pci_dev set to NULL allows to continue to do that... 

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Matt_Domsch@Dell.com [mailto:Matt_Domsch@Dell.com]
		Sent:	Monday, July 09, 2001 10:20 AM
		To:	White, Charles
		Cc:	linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
		Subject:	RE: [Linux-ia64] RE: DMA memory limitation?

		> My device has the limitation that the command buffers I
send 
		> must be in 32
		> bit space, but the IO can be in 64 bit.  But there is only

		> ONE dma_mask for the device.

		Ahh, yes.  The AMI MegaRAID driver/controllers have the same
requirements.
		megaraid solved it as:

		pci_find_device() finds their device, they get a pci_dev
back which has a
		32-bit dma_mask.
		pci_alloc_consistent() the mailbox (this must be in 32-bit
space).
		if it's a 64-bit-capable controller, set pci_dev->dma_mask ~0L.
		pci_alloc_consistent() the command buffers and
scatter-gather lists (these
		can be in 64-bit space).

		Could something similar work for you?

		Thanks,
		Matt

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