Re: [Linux-ia64] Proper fix for sym53c8xx_2 driver and dma64_addr_t

David Mosberger (davidm@hpl.hp.com)
Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:15:22 -0800


>>>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:10:42 +0100, Christoph Hellwig <hch@caldera.de> said:

Christoph> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 12:45:03AM -0800, David S. Miller
Christoph> wrote:
>> It is not using the DMA apis correctly then, it should be using
>> dma_addr_t which may or may not be 64-bits on a given platform.

Christoph> When the sym2 driver is configured with
Christoph> SYM_CONF_DMA_ADDRESSING_MOD > 1 it uses DAC accessing and
Christoph> needs dma64_addr_t. It doesn't use it when using the
Christoph> default addressing mode.

The driver never uses the pci_dac* interface, hence it should not use
dma64_addr_t. If the driver needs a 64-bit wide type, u64 will do
fine.

--david
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