[Linux-ia64] Re: 64 Bits DMA Addresses for Alloc Consistent Interfaces.

James Bottomley
2003-05-15T15:12:48Z

On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 10:06, David Mosberger wrote:
> James and I have been discussing this very point for the last week or
> so. My preferred solution is to add an explicit dma-mask argument to
> coherent/non-coherent allocators, but James prefers to do this via a
> new GFP flag (GFP_DMA32 or some such).

This is still being hashed out. It looks like adding a the _mask
variants may still be a viable runner for 2.6. If it turns out not to
be, the GFP_DMA32 will almost definitely be there.

James