Re: [PATCH 0/8] Optional ZONE_DMA V1

Christoph Lameter
2006-09-13T08:10:54Z

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.