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Date:      Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:27:40 -0800
From:      mdf@FreeBSD.org
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r217330 - head/sys/x86/x86
Message-ID:  <AANLkTi=Rx2Gyh-n4SLaK3QSvJEvaS2JOm27SEwidmSwy@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201101121621.30371.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <201101122108.p0CL8o3Q012038@svn.freebsd.org> <201101121621.30371.jhb@freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:21 PM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 4:08:50 pm Matthew D Fleming wrote:
>> Author: mdf
>> Date: Wed Jan 12 21:08:49 2011
>> New Revision: 217330
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/217330
>>
>> Log:
>> =A0 Fix a brain fart. =A0Since this file is shared between i386 and amd6=
4, a
>> =A0 bus_size_t may be 32 or 64 bits. =A0Change the bounce_zone alignment=
 field
>> =A0 to explicitly be 32 bits, as I can't really imagine a DMA device tha=
t
>> =A0 needs anything close to 2GB alignment of data.
>
> Hmm, we do have devices with 4GB boundaries though. =A0I think I'd prefer=
 it if
> you instead if you did this:
>
> #if defined(amd64) || defined(PAE)
> #define SYSCTL_ADD_BUS_SIZE_T =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 SYSCTL_ADD_UQUAD
> #else
> #define SYSCTL_ADD_BUS_SIZE_T =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 SYSCTL_ADD_UINT
> #endif
>
> and then just used SYSCTL_ADD_BUS_SIZE_T() in the code so we could let th=
e
> members in the bounce zone retain the same types passed to
> bus_dma_tag_create().

But would there be a device that can't start DMA except on a 4GB
boundary?  I thought that's what this member was for.

Thanks,
matthew



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