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Subject: Re: Marvell MV6436xx ethernet driver patch
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On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 11:35:31AM +0100, Nicolas DET wrote:
> Using kmap/kunmap instead of page_address (which is the right way do to, as
> far as I understood), is a bit more complex.
> Indeed, kunmap() can't be called from an interrupt.

kmap_atomic/kunmap_atomic can.

anywya, I think the patch discussion is rather offtopic here.  Network
driver patches are discussed and reviewed at netdev@oss.sgi.com