[parisc-linux-cvs] Re: 2.6.10-rc1-pa14 fix Bounce buffer use

Grant Grundler grundler at parisc-linux.org
Wed Nov 17 11:32:06 MST 2004


On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:07:08AM -0700, Grant Grundler wrote:
> 	2.6.10-rc1-pa14 don't bounce >4G buffers on machines with IOMMU
> 	
> 	Problem is system will panic when it runs out of bounce buffers.
> 	Given the IOMMU, we never need bounce buffers.
> 	Triggered by running "wipe -fskq /dev/sda" from a machine with NFS root.

Full patch (sans Makefile) is also available on:
	ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/patches/diff-2.6.10-rc1-bus_is_phys-02

And I forgot something:
	Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler at parisc-linux.org>

thanks,
grant


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