Re: [PATCH] remove useless highmem bounce from loop/cryptoloop

From: Jens Axboe (axboe_at_suse.de)
Date: 10/31/03

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    Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:02:08 +0100
To: Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@users.sourceforge.net>

    On Fri, Oct 31 2003, Jari Ruusu wrote:
    > Andrew Morton wrote:
    > > Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
    > > > Cryptoapi interface is quite broken. Your change extends that breakage to
    > > > loop transfer interface. Please don't do that.
    > >
    > > Please describe this breakage.
    >
    > It is broken because it includes kmaps. kmaps may be required evil thing
    > that is currectly required, but in long term kmaps deserve fate of DOS EMS.
    > Less interfaces that include that damage, the better. Please don't include
    > that damage in loop transfer interface.

    Bouncing is better?! Get real.

    An interface based on page,len,offset is so much better than a virtual
    address. It works equally well on sane archs as insane ones. 

    -- 
Jens Axboe
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