Re: [PATCH 00/14] DMA-mapping framework redesign preparation
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- To: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] DMA-mapping framework redesign preparation
- From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:48:59 +0000
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On Friday 23 December 2011, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> The solution we found is to introduce a new public dma mapping functions
> with additional attributes argument: dma_alloc_attrs and
> dma_free_attrs(). This way all different kinds of architecture specific
> buffer mappings can be hidden behind the attributes without the need of
> creating several versions of dma_alloc_ function.
Since the patches are now in linux-next, we should make sure that they
can actually get merged into 3.4.
I've looked at all the patches again and found them to be straightforward
and helpful, I hope we can get them merged next time. Please add my
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
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