device driver only uses consistent allocations, one would have to
check the return value from pci_set_consistent_dma_mask().
-If your 64-bit device is going to be an enormous consumer of DMA
-mappings, this can be problematic since the DMA mappings are a
-finite resource on many platforms. Please see the "DAC Addressing
-for Address Space Hungry Devices" section near the end of this
-document for how to handle this case.
-
Finally, if your device can only drive the low 24-bits of
address during PCI bus mastering you might do something like:
"mydev: 24-bit DMA addressing not available.\n");
goto ignore_this_device;
}
-[Better use DMA_24BIT_MASK instead of 0x00ffffff.
-See linux/include/dma-mapping.h for reference.]
When pci_set_dma_mask() is successful, and returns zero, the PCI layer
saves away this mask you have provided. The PCI layer will use this
they are entirely deprecated. Some ports already do not provide these
as it is impossible to correctly support them.
- 64-bit DMA and DAC cycle support
-
-Do you understand all of the text above? Great, then you already
-know how to use 64-bit DMA addressing under Linux. Simply make
-the appropriate pci_set_dma_mask() calls based upon your cards
-capabilities, then use the mapping APIs above.
-
-It is that simple.
-
-Well, not for some odd devices. See the next section for information
-about that.
-
Optimizing Unmap State Space Consumption
On many platforms, pci_unmap_{single,page}() is simply a nop.