Without the mask it is impossible to take the network interface up since it returns the following error:
> net eth1: coherent DMA mask is unset > ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory Tested on an out-of-tree ixp425 based board. Signed-off-by: Christophe Aeschlimann <c.aeschlim...@acn-group.ch> --- drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c index 6958a5e..ff23c5c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c @@ -1398,6 +1398,7 @@ static int eth_init_one(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENOMEM; SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev); + dev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32); port = netdev_priv(dev); port->netdev = dev; port->id = pdev->id; -- 1.7.9 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/