Re: [parisc-linux] Untested port of parisc_device to generic device interface

[Miles Bader]

Greg KH <[e-mail]> 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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