Re: [PATCH 3/4] Embed zone_id information within the zonelist->zonespointer

[Christoph Lameter]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:

> > > I converted all of those that applied to x86.
> > 
> > Converted to what?
> 
> Hmm, do you actually read my emails? I spelled that out at least two
> times now. It's converted to a new dma page allocator that specifies
> an address mask.

Yes I do but frankly I am weirdly puzzled by what is going on.

> > drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c:	xl_priv->xl_tx_ring = kmalloc((sizeof(struct xl_tx_desc) * XL_TX_RING_SIZE) + 7, GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL) ; 
> > drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c:	xl_priv->xl_rx_ring = kmalloc((sizeof(struct xl_rx_desc) * XL_RX_RING_SIZE) +7, GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL) ; 
> > 
> > Tokenring not supported on x86?
> 
> It can be easily converted to a page allocation.

Ok then lets do it.

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