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From: Colin Ngam <cngam@sgi.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 00:48:40 +0000
Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: 64 Bits DMA Addresses for Alloc Consistent Interfaces.
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"David S. Miller" wrote:

>    From: Colin Ngam <cngam@sgi.com>
>    Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 19:36:55 -0500
>
>    I do not believe it is within spec to perform DAC when the
>    Upper 32bits are 0s.
>
> That is an illogical requirement in that it means PCI-X mode is
> illegal in the presence of such addresses.  It means that PCI-X
> devices cannot work in x86 systems with <4GB of memory which is
> obviously not true.

No that is not the case.

If you have an address that only has the Lower 32bits set, your card
do a SAC and not a DAC.

SAC is not prohibited in PCI-X mode.  But DAC has to be supported by the card.

Someone please correct me if I misread.

Thanks.

colin