Hi If you implement the performance improvement I suggested earlier, I don't think you need them. Another thing with consistent_xxx() is that you can not use __pa() and __va() on addresses returned by the consistent_alloc et. al.
I think Dan Malek and/or Tom Rini knows more about these functions. Jocke > > Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > Can someone tell what is the deal with these functions? > > ^ me > > > > > > > consistent_alloc et. al. are very useful to me now that I'm > > cleaning up my QMC driver. But they are exported. > > ^ not > > > > > > > Is there any reason why they are not exported for use by > > modules? > > > > Also they appear to be tied to the PCI bus, a reduntant > > dependancy IMHO. > > > > Regards > > > > -- > > Pantelis Antoniou > > INTRACOM S.A. Greece > > > > "> I read slashdot because it's so hard to find > > >> anything else intelligent to read. > > > > Keep searching..." > > -- as seen on slashdot -- > > > > > > > > > > Sigh, > > Maybe I should read the mail more before hitting send. > > > > > -- > Pantelis Antoniou > INTRACOM S.A. Greece > > "> I read slashdot because it's so hard to find > >> anything else intelligent to read. > > Keep searching..." > -- as seen on slashdot -- > > > > ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
