From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([217.147.92.249]:4114 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751704AbWIROnC (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:43:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:42:36 +0100 From: Russell King Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] Introduce CONFIG_ZONE_DMA Message-ID: <20060918144235.GD1523@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20060911222729.4849.69497.sendpatchset@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com> <20060911222739.4849.79915.sendpatchset@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com> <20060918135559.GB15096@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060918135559.GB15096@infradead.org> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Christoph Lameter , linux-mm@vger.kernel.org, Nick Piggin , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Marcelo Tosatti , Arjan van de Ven , Martin Bligh , KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , Andi Kleen , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 02:55:59PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Let's pass this on to linux-arch so that the arch maintainers can give input > whether they need ZONE_DMA or not. If this just sneaks in unseen I'd bet > various architectures will just keept it around despite not needing it. Thanks Chris - I'd have missed this otherwise. FWIW, several ARM platforms do make use of ZONE_DMA, though not all, so it's not safe to assume that it can be turned off just because it's ARM. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core