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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib@gmail.com>, Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>,
	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>,
	alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LKML] Re: USB transfer_buffer allocations on 64bit systems
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:25:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100409202533.GA8983@phenom.dumpdata.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1004091529240.1852-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>

On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:34:06PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
> 
> > > The DMA pointers do indeed look sane. I wanted to take a deeper look at
> > > this and set up a 64bit system today. However, I fail to see the problem
> > > here. Pedro, how much RAM does your machine have installed?
> 
> > It has 4 GB.
> 
> That means DMA mapping cannot be the cause of the problem.  :-(

That isn't entirely true. The BIOS usually allocates a 256 MB ACPI/PCI hole
that is under the 4GB.

So end up with 3.7 GB, then the 256MB hole, and then right above the 4GB
you the the remaining memory: 4.3GB.


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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern-nwvwT67g6+6dFdvTe/nMLpVzexx5G7lz@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Daniel Mack <daniel-rDUAYElUppE@public.gmane.org>,
	Robert Hancock
	<hancockrwd-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
	alsa-devel-K7yf7f+aM1XWsZ/bQMPhNw@public.gmane.org,
	linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [LKML] Re: USB transfer_buffer allocations on 64bit systems
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:25:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100409202533.GA8983@phenom.dumpdata.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1004091529240.1852-100000-IYeN2dnnYyZXsRXLowluHWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:34:06PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
> 
> > > The DMA pointers do indeed look sane. I wanted to take a deeper look at
> > > this and set up a 64bit system today. However, I fail to see the problem
> > > here. Pedro, how much RAM does your machine have installed?
> 
> > It has 4 GB.
> 
> That means DMA mapping cannot be the cause of the problem.  :-(

That isn't entirely true. The BIOS usually allocates a 256 MB ACPI/PCI hole
that is under the 4GB.

So end up with 3.7 GB, then the 256MB hole, and then right above the 4GB
you the the remaining memory: 4.3GB.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-04-09 20:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 221+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-07  9:06 USB transfer_buffer allocations on 64bit systems Daniel Mack
2010-04-07  9:06 ` Daniel Mack
     [not found] ` <p2g581ef6d61004070220z1153d40ez955b356e01220848@mail.gmail.com>
2010-04-07  9:26   ` USB HID gadget driver (was: Re: USB transfer_buffer allocations on 64bit systems) Daniel Mack
2010-04-07  9:26     ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 14:59 ` USB transfer_buffer allocations on 64bit systems Alan Stern
2010-04-07 14:59   ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 15:11   ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 15:11     ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 15:31     ` Greg KH
2010-04-07 15:31       ` Greg KH
2010-04-07 15:35       ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 15:35         ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 15:51         ` Greg KH
2010-04-07 15:51           ` Greg KH
2010-04-07 16:04           ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 16:04             ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08  6:09         ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-08 11:07           ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-08 11:07             ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 15:55       ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 15:55         ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 16:16         ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 16:16           ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 16:47           ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 16:47             ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 17:55           ` Takashi Iwai
2010-04-07 17:55             ` Takashi Iwai
2010-04-07 17:59             ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 17:59               ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 18:06               ` Takashi Iwai
2010-04-07 18:06                 ` Takashi Iwai
2010-04-07 19:13             ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 19:13               ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 23:59               ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-07 23:59                 ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-08  0:33               ` Greg KH
2010-04-08  0:33                 ` Greg KH
2010-04-09  0:01                 ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-09 16:50                   ` Sarah Sharp
2010-04-09 16:50                     ` Sarah Sharp
2010-04-09 23:38                     ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-09 23:38                       ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-10  8:34                       ` [alsa-devel] " Daniel Mack
2010-04-10  8:34                         ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-10 17:02                         ` [alsa-devel] " Robert Hancock
2010-04-12 18:56                           ` Sarah Sharp
2010-04-12 20:39                             ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-12 20:39                               ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-12 20:58                               ` Sarah Sharp
2010-04-12 11:17               ` [PATCH] USB: rename usb_buffer_alloc() and usb_buffer_free() Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 11:17                 ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-13 18:16                 ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-13 18:16                   ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-13 19:27                   ` Alan Stern
2010-04-13 19:27                     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-13 20:26                     ` Greg KH
2010-04-13 21:47                       ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-13 21:47                         ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 17:52         ` USB transfer_buffer allocations on 64bit systems Takashi Iwai
2010-04-07 17:52           ` Takashi Iwai
2010-04-07 15:46     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 15:46       ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08  6:12       ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-08 16:59         ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08 16:59           ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08 21:24           ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-08 22:20             ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08 22:20               ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09  6:04               ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-09 14:41                 ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 14:41                   ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 14:50                   ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-09 14:50                     ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-09 15:15                     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 15:15                       ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 20:51                       ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-09 20:51                         ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-09 21:21                         ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 21:21                           ` Alan Stern
2010-04-07 16:54   ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-07 16:54     ` Oliver Neukum
2010-04-07 17:00     ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 17:00       ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-07 23:55   ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-07 23:55     ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-08  2:10     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08  2:10       ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08  7:30       ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-08  7:30         ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-08 16:57         ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08 16:57           ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08 17:17           ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-08 18:17             ` Alan Stern
2010-04-08 23:13           ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-08 23:13             ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-09 16:01             ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 16:01               ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 18:09               ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-09 18:19                 ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-09 18:19                   ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-09 19:34                   ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 19:34                     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 20:14                     ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-09 20:14                       ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-09 20:25                     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2010-04-09 20:25                       ` [LKML] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-04-09 21:23                       ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 21:23                         ` Alan Stern
2010-04-09 22:11                         ` Robert Hancock
2010-04-12 10:48                           ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 10:48                             ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 12:06                             ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-10 12:49                   ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-10 12:49                     ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-10 13:21                     ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-10 13:21                       ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-12  8:59   ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12  8:59     ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 11:14     ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 11:14       ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 11:53       ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 11:53         ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 12:11         ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-12 12:12           ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 12:12             ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 12:32             ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 12:47               ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 12:54                 ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 12:54                   ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 15:43                   ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 16:17                     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-12 16:17                       ` Alan Stern
2010-04-12 16:29                       ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 16:57                         ` Alan Stern
2010-04-12 16:57                           ` Alan Stern
2010-04-12 17:15                           ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 17:15                             ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 17:22                             ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 17:22                               ` Andi Kleen
2010-04-12 17:56                               ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 17:56                                 ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-12 17:52                             ` [LKML] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-04-12 17:52                               ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-04-13 18:22                           ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-13 18:22                             ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-13 23:46                             ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-13 23:46                               ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-14 10:09                               ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-14 10:09                                 ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-14 10:47                                 ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-14 11:02                                   ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-14 13:18                                   ` [LKML] " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-04-14 14:08                                   ` Alan Stern
2010-04-14 14:08                                     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-14 16:36                                     ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-14 16:36                                       ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-14 17:21                                       ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-14 17:21                                         ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-14 18:23                                         ` Alan Stern
2010-04-14 18:27                                           ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-14 18:53                                             ` Alan Stern
2010-04-15  7:35                                         ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-15  7:35                                           ` Daniel Mack
2010-04-14 18:15                                       ` Alan Stern
2010-04-14 18:36                                         ` David Woodhouse
2010-04-14 21:12                                           ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-14 22:25                                             ` Chris Wright
2010-04-14 22:56                                               ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-14 23:37                                                 ` Chris Wright
2010-04-15  1:20                                                   ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-15 15:20                                                     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-20  0:16                                                       ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-05-07  7:48                                                         ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-07  7:48                                                           ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-07  9:47                                                           ` [alsa-devel] " Clemens Ladisch
2010-05-07  9:47                                                             ` Clemens Ladisch
2010-05-07 10:24                                                             ` [alsa-devel] " Daniel Mack
2010-05-07 10:24                                                               ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-07 14:51                                                               ` [alsa-devel] " Alan Stern
2010-05-07 14:51                                                                 ` Alan Stern
2010-05-10  2:50                                                                 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2010-05-10  9:21                                                                   ` David Woodhouse
2010-05-10  9:21                                                                     ` David Woodhouse
2010-05-10 14:58                                                                     ` [alsa-devel] " Alan Stern
2010-05-10 14:58                                                                       ` Alan Stern
2010-05-11  1:06                                                                       ` FUJITA Tomonori
2010-05-11  1:06                                                                         ` FUJITA Tomonori
2010-05-11 14:00                                                                         ` Alan Stern
2010-05-11 14:00                                                                           ` Alan Stern
2010-05-11 14:22                                                                           ` FUJITA Tomonori
2010-05-11 14:24                                                                           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-05-11 14:38                                                                             ` FUJITA Tomonori
2010-05-11 15:04                                                                               ` Alan Stern
2010-05-11 15:04                                                                                 ` Alan Stern
2010-05-11 15:34                                                                                 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2010-05-11 16:06                                                                                   ` Alan Stern
2010-05-11 16:09                                                                                     ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-11 16:48                                                                                     ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-05-11 17:10                                                                                       ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-11 17:32                                                                                         ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-05-11 17:38                                                                                           ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-12 23:50                                                                                             ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-05-13  9:36                                                                                               ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-14  0:17                                                                                                 ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-05-11 14:57                                                                             ` Alan Stern
2010-05-11 15:05                                                                               ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-10 14:31                                                               ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-05-10 14:31                                                                 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-05-07 11:42                                                             ` Oliver Neukum
2010-05-07 11:42                                                               ` Oliver Neukum
2010-05-07 11:47                                                               ` Oliver Neukum
2010-05-07 11:47                                                                 ` Oliver Neukum
2010-05-07 11:58                                                                 ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-07 11:58                                                                   ` Daniel Mack
2010-05-07 14:45                                                                   ` [alsa-devel] " Alan Stern
2010-05-07 14:45                                                                     ` Alan Stern
2010-04-14 18:38                                         ` Chris Wright
2010-04-14 20:29                                           ` Alan Stern
2010-04-14 21:01                                             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2010-04-14 21:12                                               ` Pedro Ribeiro
2010-04-15  1:50                                                 ` Alan Stern

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