On Thu, Aug 09, 2001, David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Alan Cox writes:
> > > Obviously the more portable way across architectures is using the PCI
> > > DMA API but when will the implementation be fixed so I can use it to
> > > exploit the full potential of this device?
> >
> > 2.5 I believe, ping the peacefrog and ask <DaveM@redhat.com>
>
> That's the current plan. There may be a 2.4.x backport, but no
> promises. It all depends upon how straightforward the changes
> are.
It's not a big deal. It's just less efficient which isn't the end of the
world.
> Note, if you use the "bttv method" (ie. virt_to_bus) your driver will
> then fail to compile on several platforms.
So noted. I already have a PCI DMA API version, but I wanted to code up
a "i have an i386 and gigs of memory" version as well.
JE
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