.TH "spans_boundary" 9 "spans_boundary" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME spans_boundary \- Check a packet can be ISA DMA'd .SH SYNOPSIS .B "int" spans_boundary .BI "(struct sk_buff *" skb ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "skb" 12 The buffer to check .SH "DESCRIPTION" Returns true if the buffer cross a DMA boundary on a PC. The poor thing can only DMA within a 64K block not across the edges of it.