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

David Mosberger
2003-05-15T15:47:36Z

>>>>> On Thu, 15 May 2003 10:05:28 -0500, Colin Ngam <cngam@sgi.com> said:

Colin> I do not know whether using the same set of flags i.e.GFP_XXX
Colin> would overload it's meanings to other MM routines but I
Colin> really like the a flag parameter, that will provide
Colin> capability for Platform specific hints.

Overloading the GFP flags with platform-specific DMA stuff is certainly
not an option.

If you want to argue for yet-another-flags argument, go ahead and do
so. Be prepared for having to make a VERY strong argument...

--david