SCSI upper layer can pass a scatterlist to middle layer and LLD. Normally the page_link, length, and offset is set in the scatterlist. LLD will convert to dma_address from pages by itself. That means the dma physical memory has to map to kernel memory space before it can be passed to LLD for data transfer. If I have a large dma memroy and it doesn't need to be touched by kernel or user mode Apps, it is a performance penalty to force to do that. Is there a way to directly pass a dma physical address from upper layer to LLD (like use dma_address in a scatterlist)? I looked at a couple of LLD drivers and none of them handle this kind of situation. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
