Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> :
> The current logic around the 'use_dac' module parameter prevents the
> r81969 driver from being loadable on 64-bit systems without any RAM
> below 4 GB when the parameter is left at its default value.
> So introduce a new default value -1 which indicates that 64-bit DMA
> should be enabled implicitly, but only if setting a 32-bit DMA mask
> has failed earlier. This should prevent any regressions like the ones
> caused by previous attempts to change this code.
I am not a huge fan but if you really need it...
Which current kernel arches do exhibit the interesting
f*ck-legacy-32-bits-only-devices property you just described ?
[...]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> index 94f08f1e841c..a49e8a58e539 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
[...]
> @@ -859,7 +859,8 @@ struct rtl8169_private {
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Realtek and the Linux r8169 crew <[email protected]>");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver");
> module_param(use_dac, int, 0);
> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_dac, "Enable PCI DAC. Unsafe on 32 bit PCI slot.");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_dac,
> + "Enable PCI DAC. Unsafe on 32 bit PCI slot (default -1: enable on
> 64-bit archs only if needed");
Nit: the parameter is bizarre enough that you could leave the original
description.
--
Ueimor
