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Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:29:59 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] cnic,bnx2,bnx2x: use UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT
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On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 02:10:50AM -0700, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
> [1] https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/blob/master/iscsiuio/README

That's IP offload, not what UIO is supposed to be for at all (yes, I
know DPDK abuses this api as well, and I hate it.)  But this is on a
network card, it shouldn't need UIO.  Why is iscsi somehow "special" for
this?

still confused,

greg k-h