Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 May 2014 04:49:57 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] DMA-API: Clarify physical/bus address distinction |
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On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 02:48:54PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > The DMA-API documentation sometimes refers to "physical addresses" when it > really means "bus addresses." Sometimes these are identical, but they may > be different if the bridge leading to the bus performs address translation. > Update the documentation to use "bus address" when appropriate. > > Also, consistently capitalize "DMA", use parens with function names, use > dev_printk() in examples, and reword a few sections for clarity. > > No functional change; documentation changes only. > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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