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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/8] powerpc: override dma_get_required_mask by platform hook and ops
On 19.05.2011 [17:43:56 +1000], Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 15:25 -0700, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> > From: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
> >
> > The hook dma_get_required_mask is supposed to return the mask required
> > by the platform to operate efficently. The generic version of
> > dma_get_required_mask in driver/base/platform.c returns a mask based
> > only on max_pfn. However, this is likely too big for iommu systems
> > and could be too small for platforms that require a dma offset or have
> > a secondary window at a high offset.
>
> The result of those 3 patches doesn't build on top of my current tree,
> the generic dma_ops lacks the dma_get_required_mask hook. I'll have a
> look again after the merge window.

Hrm, I think it's because for whatever reason [1] I forgot to cc you on 6/8?

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/11/473

-Nish

[1] AKA over-reliance on get_maintainer.pl and lack of mental oversight!

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Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com>
IBM Linux Technology Center


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