Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
> > I can't speak for `real machines,' but on my wierd embedded board,
> > pci_alloc_consistent allocates from a special area of memory (not
> > located at 0) that is the only shared memory between PCI devices and the
> > CPU. pci_alloc_consistent happens to fit this situation quite well, but
> > I don't think a bitmask is enough to express the situation.
>
> What does your pci_alloc_consistent() function need from the pci_dev
> structure in order to do what you need it to do? Anything other than
> the dma_mask value?
Currently, it ignores the pci_dev argument entirely (I've never had a
device that needed the mask, so I haven't bothered with it). It just
allocates a block from the special memory region and returns the result.
-Miles
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