Margit Schubert-While <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 14:43 13.06.2004 +0100, Alan scribeth: >>vmalloc is scatter gather virtual addressed data. It isnt DMAable. >>kmalloc space is linear and DMAable generally as (on some platforms >>only) is the stack. > > OK. That makes sense. I suppose the follow-up question is > why is the firmware loader using vmalloc ? > I would have thought that most, if not all, devices have this > requirement.
Nope vmalloced memory is just fine for this. hcd_submit_urb() will map them as appropriate. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
