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

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Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 16:40:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	"Abhijeet Joglekar (abjoglek)" <abjoglek@...co.com>
cc:	Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"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 Wed, 25 May 2011, Abhijeet Joglekar (abjoglek) wrote:

> As Roland indicated, the correct fix would be to remove the 
> SLAB_CACHE_DMA flag from the call to kmem_cache, and the GFP_DMA from 
> the call to the mempool allocation routine.
> 
> I can create a patch (attributing the fix to David and Roland) and send 
> out for review. Or if David wants, he can modify the patch he submitted 
> to include this fix. David, please let me know how you want to proceed.
> 

It'd be great if you could create a patch, you would certainly be able to 
speak with more authority on the hardware requirements in the changelog 
than I would :)

Thanks Roland, Christoph, and Abhijeet!
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