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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RFC 0/2] Convert skb to use scatterlist
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:14:12 -0700
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To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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This topic came up at first Netconf. This patch changes skbuff
to use scatterlist. Why? Devices can than use the pci_dma_sg
routines to map the fraglist in one operation. This allows
for better error handling (less unwinding), and some IOMMU's
(PPC?) can be smarter.

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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>