On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 01:16:46AM -0500, Dan Malek wrote:
>
> Jeremy Rosen wrote:
>
>
> >can't we use the __GFP_DMA flag to specify that the area must have
> >algnment enforced ?
>
> Maybe, but that isn't its intended use.
>
> >or did I misunderstand the use of this flag ?
>
> This flag is used on architectures that have memory only accessible
> from the processor, not from a DMA device, to ensure a DMA device
> gets a memory bank that it can access.
More specifically it's used on x86 for old ISA devices.
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