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diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
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--- a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ address during PCI bus mastering you might do something like:
"mydev: 24-bit DMA addressing not available.\n");
goto ignore_this_device;
}
+[Better use DMA_24BIT_MASK instead of 0x00ffffff.
+See linux/include/dma-mapping.h for reference.]
When pci_set_dma_mask() is successful, and returns zero, the PCI layer
saves away this mask you have provided. The PCI layer will use this