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SubjectRe: [PATCH] dmaengine: provide dummy functions for DMA_ENGINE=n
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On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Guennadi Liakhovetski
<g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010, Dan Williams wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Guennadi Liakhovetski
>> <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> wrote:
>> > This lets drivers, optionally using the dmaengine, build with DMA_ENGINE
>> > unselected.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>
>> > ---
>> >  include/linux/dmaengine.h |   13 ++++++++++---
>> >  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> Is this fixing build errors, or is this just relieving drivers from
>> needing to surround calls to dma_{request|release}_channel() with
>> ifdef CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE?  The former makes this more urgent, the
>> latter can wait for the next merge window.
>
> sh_mmcif.c doesn't compile, if configured for DMA, but DMA_ENGINE is
> unselected. So, yes, this wants to be fixed. But there's more than one way
> to fix it. I've chosen this one, as it seems more generic to me.
>

Yes, it's the right fix. I was just trying to see if it needs to go
in now and if there were any implications for -stable. Unless I am
missing something drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c does not even include
dmaengine.h today so this can wait until the 2.6.38 window.

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Dan
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