Why not kmalloc() ??

[Dan Malek]

On Jul 16, 2004, at 10:06 AM, Mark Chambers wrote:

> Is there any reason to use m8xx_cpm_hostalloc() over
> dma_alloc_consistent()
> for a loadable driver (that is, one loaded after VM initialized)?

You should always use dma_alloc_conistent().  The hostalloc space
is basically a small pre-allocated non-caches space that early
initialization
functions need.

Thanks.

        -- Dan


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