From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3AB7FF89.3DC97EB2@intrex.net> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:10:33 -0500 From: Ralph Blach MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Malek , linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: es1371.o sound module on a IBM 405 walnut platform References: <3AB4E3BA.AF71AFE6@intrex.net> <3AB52248.D2411FF2@mvista.com> <3AB65B72.F77A0760@raleigh.ibm.com> <3AB65FCD.44826199@mvista.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Dan Malek wrote: > Ralph Blach wrote: > > > Well it does. And I recomend a new kernel interface, and Dan, I KNOW > > YOU WILL not like THE VERY IDEA, > > by here it is. > > > > > > By the same token, an interface to allocate noncached memory would be > > spiffy. > > That's already been done for the 8xx and 4xx ports in the kernel > trees. > > -- Dan Yes it has, only for non cached pages. But what propose is a new interface like kmalloc_noncache, and kfree_noncache. This would allow one to allocate noncached buffers for usb and SCSI work. -- Ralph "Chip" Blach KF4WBK Chapel Hill, North Carolina ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/