Re: [RFC] generic device DMA implementation

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 19:55:51 EST


Adam J. Richter wrote:
> On 2002-12-04, James Bottomley wrote:
>
>
>>Now that we have the generic device model, it should be equally possible to
>>rephrase the entire [DMA] API for generic devices instead of pci_devs.
>
>
> Yes. This issue has come up repeatedly. I'd really like to
> see a change like yours integrated soon to stop the spread of fake PCI
> devices (including the pcidev==NULL convention) and other contortions
> being used to work around this. Also, such a change would enable
> consolidation of certain memory allocations and their often buggy
> error branches from hundred of drivers into a few places.

Agreed. I'm glad James is doing this work, it will clean up a lot of
assumptions and corner-case-uglies...

        Jeff

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