Re: [RFC 0/8] Reduce MAX_NR_ZONES and remove useless zones.

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Jul 04 2006 - 11:23:00 EST



> I guess then we should drop ZONE_DMA (its a misnoner anyways since it
> seems to indicate that DMA is only possible in this zone). Instead use
>
> ZONE_ISA_DMA -> ISA DMA Area (16 MB boundary)
> ZONE_32BIT_DMA -> 32bit DMA area (well 900 MB on x86_64 but somewhere in that area)

It's 4GB on x86-64.

The 900MB refered to the boundary between NORMAL and HIGHMEM on i386.

-Andi
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