Re: [1/3] Add 4GB DMA32 zone

Jeff Garzik
2005-09-12T18:19:00Z

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Llu, 2005-09-12 at 12:42 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>>Yes I know some soundcards have similar limits, but for all
>>these we still have GFP_DMA and they always have been quite happy
>>with that.
>
>
> No current shipping card, also those that need it typically need small
> amounts (they'll live with 8K)

[...just because I love broken hardware, not because I've been following
this thread...]

RealTek's ALS4000 PCI card is a SoundBlaster ISA clone chip glued onto a
PCI bus. Its DMA mask is 24-bit, IIRC. :)

Jeff