Re: [patch] zero-bounce highmem I/O

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 02:11:33 -0700 (PDT)


From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:50:18 +0200

Dave, comments on that?

I think the new-style sg_list is slightly overkill, too much
stuff. You need much less, in fact, especially on x86.

Take include/linux/skbuff.h:skb_frag_struct, rename it to
sg_list and add a dma_addr_t. You should need nothing else.
The bounce page, for example, is superfluous.

If you bounce, the bounce page can be determined later via the
dma_addr_t right?

And Dave, should I add the 64-bit stuff I started again? :-)

Let me draft something up, and meanwhile you can think about
the changes I suggest above. Ok?

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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