- ieee1394-sbp2-provide-helptext-for.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled

     ieee1394: sbp2: provide helptext for CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA and mark it experimental

has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename is

     ieee1394-sbp2-provide-helptext-for.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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Subject: ieee1394: sbp2: provide helptext for CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA and mark it experimental
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


It appears I will not get it fixed overnight.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jody McIntyre <scjody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Collins <bcollins@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig~ieee1394-sbp2-provide-helptext-for drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
--- 25/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig~ieee1394-sbp2-provide-helptext-for	Fri Jun  2 14:44:12 2006
+++ 25-akpm/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig	Fri Jun  2 14:44:12 2006
@@ -128,8 +128,17 @@ config IEEE1394_SBP2
 	  1394 bus.  SBP-2 devices include harddrives and DVD devices.
 
 config IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA
-	bool "Enable Phys DMA support for SBP2 (Debug)"
-	depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_SBP2
+	bool "Enable replacement for physical DMA in SBP2"
+	depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_SBP2 && EXPERIMENTAL
+	help
+	  This builds sbp2 for use with non-OHCI host adapters which do not
+	  support physical DMA or for when ohci1394 is run with phys_dma=0.
+	  Physical DMA is data movement without assistence of the drivers'
+	  interrupt handlers.  This option includes the interrupt handlers
+	  that are required in absence of this hardware feature.
+
+	  This option is buggy and currently broken on some architectures.
+	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config IEEE1394_ETH1394
 	tristate "Ethernet over 1394"
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

git-ieee1394.patch
lock-validator-annotate-ieee1394-skb-head-locking.patch

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