Updated 2.3.x job list (its getting shorter)

Jamie Lokier lkd en tantalophile.demon.co.uk
Sab Ene 29 15:55:07 CST 2000


James A Simmons wrote:
> > > > vmalloc(GFP_DMA) is needed for DMA drivers
> > > Will you be able to allocate several megs for DMA? 
> > Allocated as random pages - yes. Linear no. 
> And it's useful how?

Probably not useful.  Being able to guarantee allocation of, say, 16k
contiguous DMA is more much useful though.

enjoy,
-- Jamie

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