Re: [PATCH 2/6] Introduce CONFIG_ZONE_DMA

Russell King
2006-09-18T14:42:36Z

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.

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Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core