Re: [PATCH] RFC: kills consistent_dma_mask

Jes Sorensen
2003-08-19T10:15:30Z

>>>>> "Krzysztof" == Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> writes:

Krzysztof> Jes Sorensen <jes@wildopensource.com> writes:
>> Bzzzt, *wrong*! Take a look at
>> drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm_pci.c, if you look at the code you
>> will notice that the hardware does support different masks for
>> consistent vs dynamic allocations (32 bit for consistent vs 39 or
>> 64 bit for dynamic).

Krzysztof> The hardware, maybe.

The hardware, yes.

Krzysztof> Will it be ok if I fix the consistent allocs to use
Krzysztof> consistent_dma_mask (some drivers will need a fix on i386
Krzysztof> etc.)?

That would be ideal I'd say.

Jes