From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:43:50 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: parisc scatterlist doesn't want page/offset Message-ID: <20011116154350.L25491@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20011116150454.J25491@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20011116.071751.12999342.davem@redhat.com> <20011116152601.K25491@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20011116.073328.129356309.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011116.073328.129356309.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 07:33:28AM -0800 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: "David S. Miller" Cc: willy@debian.org, grundler@puffin.external.hp.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 07:33:28AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Matthew Wilcox > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:26:01 +0000 > > so when jens' code is merged back into 2.4 we won't have to make any > changes to the arch dependent code? > > Part of the criteria to whether we merge back Jens' code is > if the ports, given reasonable notice (ie. take this as your notice) > have added in the support for page+offset pairs to their pci_map_sg > code. > > I suggest you do this now, it is totally painless. I would almost > classify it as a mindless edit. grant suggested adding support for it had performance implications, so he wasn't willing to let me make that edit. i'm not sure i entirely understand the new scheme either. the danger of updating code without updating its supporting documentation. -- Revolutions do not require corporate support. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/