From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] NetXen: 64-bit memory fixes, driver cleanup Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:40:49 -0800 Message-ID: <20061117084049.555e14d0@localhost.localdomain> References: <200611171536.kAHFa3os005563@dut39.unminc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, brazilnut@us.ibm.com, jeff@garzik.org, netxenproj@linsyssoft.com, rob@netxen.com, sanjeev@netxen.com, wendyx@us.ibm.com Return-path: Received: from [65.172.181.25] ([65.172.181.25]:4833 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933720AbWKQQn1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:43:27 -0500 To: "Linsys Contractor Amit S. Kale" In-Reply-To: <200611171536.kAHFa3os005563@dut39.unminc.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:36:03 -0800 "Linsys Contractor Amit S. Kale" wrote: > NetXen: 1G/10G Ethernet Driver updates > - These fixes take care of driver on machines with >4G memory > - Driver cleanup > > Signed-off-by: Amit S. Kale > > netxen_nic.h | 41 ++++++---- > netxen_nic_ethtool.c | 19 ++-- > netxen_nic_hw.c | 10 +- > netxen_nic_hw.h | 4 > netxen_nic_init.c | 51 +++++++++++- > netxen_nic_isr.c | 3 > netxen_nic_main.c | 204 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > netxen_nic_phan_reg.h | 10 +- > 8 files changed, 293 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) > If you can't DMA from high memory, then don't set NETIF_F_HIGHDMA, why do you need explicit bounce buffers. If you can't DMA from unaligned address, the write a small routine to copy the skb to a new one.