Re: struct page to 36 (or 64) bit bus address?

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Thu, 9 Aug 2001 13:25:17 -0700 (PDT)


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.

Note, if you use the "bttv method" (ie. virt_to_bus) your driver will
then fail to compile on several platforms.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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