From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>,
stable@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.22.y] ieee1394: revert "sbp2: enforce 32bit DMA mapping"
Date: 07 Aug 2007 04:18:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73bqdkccjg.fsf@bingen.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46B7A537.9020807@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> writes:
>
> 1.) The ieee1394 subsystem is known to work on x86_64 with more than 4
> GB RAM,
It's actually ~3+GB where memory above the 4GB barrier starts appearing.
In some extreme cases even for 2+GB.
> so I gather that architecture code already sets a proper DMA
> mask for all those 32bit PCI OHCI-1394 implementations out there.
If you don't set a DMA mask then the default is always 4GB.
-Andi
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, stable@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.22.y] ieee1394: revert "sbp2: enforce 32bit DMA mapping"
Date: 07 Aug 2007 04:18:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73bqdkccjg.fsf@bingen.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46B7A537.9020807@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> writes:
>
> 1.) The ieee1394 subsystem is known to work on x86_64 with more than 4
> GB RAM,
It's actually ~3+GB where memory above the 4GB barrier starts appearing.
In some extreme cases even for 2+GB.
> so I gather that architecture code already sets a proper DMA
> mask for all those 32bit PCI OHCI-1394 implementations out there.
If you don't set a DMA mask then the default is always 4GB.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-07 1:24 UTC|newest]
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2007-08-04 17:14 ` [PATCH 2.6.22.y] ieee1394: revert "sbp2: enforce 32bit DMA mapping" Robert Hancock
2007-08-04 17:30 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-04 17:30 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-05 0:15 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-05 0:15 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-05 7:54 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-05 7:54 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-05 22:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-05 22:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 13:51 ` Olaf Hering
2007-08-06 13:51 ` Olaf Hering
2007-08-06 21:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 21:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 22:22 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-06 22:22 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-06 22:25 ` Robert Hancock
2007-08-06 22:25 ` Robert Hancock
2007-08-06 22:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 22:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 22:35 ` Robert Hancock
2007-08-06 22:35 ` Robert Hancock
2007-08-06 22:59 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-06 22:59 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-06 22:48 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-06 22:48 ` Stefan Richter
2007-08-07 2:18 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2007-08-07 2:18 ` Andi Kleen
2007-08-06 22:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 22:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 11:58 ` Olaf Hering
2007-08-06 11:58 ` Olaf Hering
2007-08-06 21:43 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 21:43 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 22:05 ` [PATCH] powerpc: Fix initialization and usage of dma_mask Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 22:05 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-08-06 22:30 ` Olaf Hering
2007-08-06 22:30 ` Olaf Hering
2007-08-04 16:39 [PATCH 2.6.22.y] ieee1394: revert "sbp2: enforce 32bit DMA mapping" Stefan Richter
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