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Re: [PATCH for-2.6.38] p54pci: update receive dma buffers before and after processing

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On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 01:48:42AM +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt states:
> 
> "DMA transfers need to be synced properly in order for
> the cpu and device to see the most uptodate and correct
> copy of the DMA buffer."
> 
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Embarrassingly, this bug is unique to p54 and has been around
> since 2.6.25. This tells us something interesting about our
> userbase.

Most likely it tells us that most people using p54 are using little
endian boxes with coherent DMA... :-)

John
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