linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/6] scsi, fnic: require DMA support for Cisco FNIC

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Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 04:04:09 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/6] scsi, fnic: require DMA support for Cisco FNIC

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 04:53:50PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> The Cisco FNIC driver requires creating a SLAB_CACHE_DMA cache, which is
> not possible if CONFIG_ZONE_DMA is disasbled.  Avoid compiling it without
> DMA support.

And you're sure it actually needs it and isn't some sort of typo?  It
might help to Cc the maintainer to figure that out.

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