linux-kernel - Re: Can Linux live without DMA zone?

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Message-Id: <1162490574.11965.224.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:02:54 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
Cc:	Jun Sun <jsun@...sun.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can Linux live without DMA zone?

Ar Iau, 2006-11-02 am 11:32 -0500, ysgrifennodd Phillip Susi:
> Shouldn't only ancient ISA drivers be using GFP_DMA?  You know, ones 
> that actually require it?  PCI drivers should not have this limit.

"Should" and "Do not" are different things. Many PCI drivers have
interesting little limits.

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