Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:52:23 -0800 | | From | Greg KH <> | | Subject | Re: [parisc-linux] Untested port of parisc_device to generic device interface |
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:46:58PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes: > > What is the real reason for needing this, pci_alloc_consistent()? We > > have talked about renaming that to dev_alloc_consistent() in the past, > > which I think will work for you, right? > > This this would end up [or have the ability to] invoking a bus-specific > routine at some point, right? [so that a truly PCI-specific definition > could be still be had]
If that was needed, yes, we should not break that functionality.
Are there any existing archs that need more than just dma_mask moved to struct device out of pci_dev? Hm, ppc might need a bit more...
thanks,
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