Re: [RFC][PATCH] add dma_reserve_coherent_memory()/dma_free_reserved_memory() API

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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:

> Why can't you revert a commit that causes the regression?

See this reply, and the complete thread too.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-sh&m=128130485208262&w=2

> The related DMA API wasn't changed in 2.6.36-rc1. The DMA API is not
> responsible for the regression. And the patchset even exnteds the
> definition of the DMA API (dma_declare_coherent_memory). Such change
> shouldn't applied after rc1. I think that DMA-API.txt says that
> dma_declare_coherent_memory() handles coherent memory for a particular
> device. It's not for the API that reserves coherent memory that can be
> used for any device for a single device.

Anyway, we need a way to fix the regression.

Thanks
Guennadi
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Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
http://www.open-technology.de/
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