ixp4xx: allocate all skbs using GFP_DMA this ensures that dma bounce buffers will not be used frequently when bridging or routing frames between ethernet and wifi. significantly improves ath9k performance and obsoletes an ath specific patch

SVN-Revision: 19051

package/mac80211/patches/500-ath_use_gfp_dma.patch

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/main.c
-+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/main.c
-@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ struct sk_buff *ath_rxbuf_alloc(struct a
- 	u32 off;
- 
- 	/*
-+	 * Enable GFP_DMA in order to avoid using DMA bounce buffers
-+	 * on IXP4xx devices with more than 64M RAM
-+	 */
-+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_IXP4XX
-+	gfp_mask |= GFP_DMA;
-+#endif
-+
-+	/*
- 	 * Cache-line-align.  This is important (for the
- 	 * 5210 at least) as not doing so causes bogus data
- 	 * in rx'd frames.

target/linux/ixp4xx/patches-2.6.30/600-dma_performance.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
++++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
+@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int
+ 	if (!skb)
+ 		goto out;
+ 
++#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_IXP4XX
++	gfp_mask |= GFP_DMA;
++#endif
++
+ 	size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(size);
+ 	data = kmalloc_node_track_caller(size + sizeof(struct skb_shared_info),
+ 			gfp_mask, node);