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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:45 -0800

> 6. Not using pci dma allocation which is more standard convention

Using the generic DMA interfaces is actually preferred.  There is
no effective difference other than using a more generic interface.