Re: [PATCH?][arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c] pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent

From: John David Anglin
Date: Mon Feb 11 2008 - 13:19:47 EST


> James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 17:23 +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
> >> duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears
> >> pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here.
> >>
> >> Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct
> >
> > No, it looks completely incorrect to me. What makes you think a pcxl
> > box has a problem with coherency?
>
> Ok, please ignore the patch then. It just appeared suspicious to me
> that the function did exist, but the names assigned were different.

How about a comment?

Dave
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