netdev - [METH] Don't use GFP_DMA for zone allocation.

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Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:53:16 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: [METH] Don't use GFP_DMA for zone allocation.

IP32 doesn't even have a ZONE_DMA so no point in using GFP_DMA in any
IP32-specific device driver.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>

diff --git a/drivers/net/meth.c b/drivers/net/meth.c
index 92b403b..32bed6b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/meth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/meth.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static void meth_rx(struct net_device* dev, unsigned long int_status)
 				priv->stats.rx_length_errors++;
 				skb = priv->rx_skbs[priv->rx_write];
 			} else {
-				skb = alloc_skb(METH_RX_BUFF_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA);
+				skb = alloc_skb(METH_RX_BUFF_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 				if (!skb) {
 					/* Ouch! No memory! Drop packet on the floor */
 					DPRINTK("No mem: dropping packet\n");
-
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