[openib-general] Re: [PATCH 2 of 13] ipath - set up 32-bit DMA mask	if 64-bit setup fails
    Roland Dreier 
    rdreier at cisco.com
       
    Mon May  1 14:41:39 PDT 2006
    
    
  
    Segher> PowerPC with U3 or U4 northbridge, i.e. Maple or PowerMac
    Segher> G5 systems.  If the IOMMU (DART) is disabled, we have a
    Segher> 32-bit only DMA mask.  The DART will be disabled by
    Segher> default if there is 2GB or less of memory (as it isn't
    Segher> needed then).
OK, thanks.  I was not aware of that situation.
However, I suspect that PathScale has a different situation in mind,
considering that their driver isn't even buildable for that platform ;)
 - R.
    
    
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