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Message-ID: <482C6A02.2030600@beezmo.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 09:51:14 -0700
From: William D Waddington <william.waddington@...zmo.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFCLUE4] scatterlist changes
Hi,
I have just tripped over the scatterlist changes in my out-of-tree
drivers. I'll deal with it. When the API stabilizes...
It does bring to mind a simple question: why limit the scatterlist
to a single page, or require a multiple-page list to be dealt with
as individual pages?
Is this just to avoid vmalloc use? I don't see anything that requires
a scatterlist to be in physically contiguous memory (at a quick glance
anyway) other than perhaps a preference for the initial allocation
mechanism. (My actual IOPB list for the DMA hardware is a different
matter entirely, but I don't _think_ I'm confusing the two).
Thanks,
Bill
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