Re: [PATCH 6/7] scsi: mac_scsi: Enable PDMA on Mac IIfx

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Sun Jun 02 2019 - 05:08:40 EST


Hi Finn,

On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 3:29 AM Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add support for Apple's custom "SCSI DMA" chip. This patch doesn't make
> use of its DMA capability. Just the PDMA capability is sufficient to
> improve sequential read throughput by a factor of 5.
>
> Cc: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joshua Thompson <funaho@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> ---
> arch/m68k/mac/config.c | 10 +++++++--

For the m68k change to go in through the SCSI tree:
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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