Re: [1/3] Add 4GB DMA32 zone

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Mon Sep 12 2005 - 13:19:21 EST


Alan Cox wrote:
On Llu, 2005-09-12 at 12:42 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
Yes I know some soundcards have similar limits, but for all
these we still have GFP_DMA and they always have been quite happy
with that.


No current shipping card, also those that need it typically need small
amounts (they'll live with 8K)


[...just because I love broken hardware, not because I've been following this thread...]

RealTek's ALS4000 PCI card is a SoundBlaster ISA clone chip glued onto a PCI bus. Its DMA mask is 24-bit, IIRC. :)

Jeff


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