Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 3 authors, 2012-09-02

PPC64 & DMA zone

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From: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Date: 2012-08-17 20:13:32

Hi,

Is there a way to reduce/limit DMA zone with PPC64 kernel (3.6-rcX)
on G5 Mac? I have tried to search Kconfig or command line options,
but can't find anything.

The problem I have is that b43 driver (wireless chip) insists a 30-bit
DMA mask, but I have 1.5 GB physical memory. So the only way I can get
the wireless connection to work is to boot with "mem=1024MB". And as a
result my bloaty applications will loose much needed memory...

Thanks,

A.
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