186514 – Kernel config option "Use PCI DMA by default when available" removed

Bug 186514 - Kernel config option "Use PCI DMA by default when available" removed

Summary: Kernel config option "Use PCI DMA by default when available" removed

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Installation Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)

URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
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Reported:	2007-07-24 20:38 UTC by Itay Perl
Modified:	2007-07-27 18:38 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Itay Perl 2007-07-24 20:38:24 UTC

New kernels do not have the "Use PCI DMA by default when available" option anymore.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=120b9cfddff2e398fece07c5e127f3fdbb660441

The handbook still instructs to enable it.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-25 19:29:18 UTC

I'm going to check this out, see what the current kernel versions are and if they have (or don't have) the option available.

The 2007.0 handbook probably doesn't need to be touched but I might put in a comment saying that it needs to be updated for the next release.

What is currently the best way to keep track of changes for a next release? Or is it rather copied from the current instead of based on the previous version?

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-27 18:20:00 UTC

Seems to be removed between 2.6.18 and 2.6.21 (the two kernels I still have sources for on my disk :-)

Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-27 18:38:46 UTC

Updated for arm/ia64/x86/amd64. Networkless isn't affected (no kernel config).