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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v2] Utilize the PCI API in the TTM framework.
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On Fre, 2011-01-07 at 12:11 -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: 
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> 1) The 'NULL' when doing dma_alloc_coherent is unsightly. I was toying
> with modifying the TTM API to pass in 'struct device' or 'struct pci_device'
> but figured it would make first sense to get your guys input before heading that route.

It's worse than unsightly: It breaks TTM on PPC. See
arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h: get_dma_ops() returns NULL if
NULL is passed in for the device, and most of its callers BUG in that
case. The exception being dma_supported(), so a possible solution might
be to use that for checking if dma_alloc_coherent can be used.

Dave, please prevent this change from entering mainline before there's a
solution for this.


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