Re: [PATCH 8/8] WIP: add a dma_alloc_contiguous API

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 03:53:55PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> Hi Christoph
> 
> I have started now to give a try to your patchset. Sorry for the delay.
> 
> For uvc I have prepared this patch:
> https://github.com/ribalda/linux/commit/9094fe223fe38f8c8ff21366d893b43cbbdf0113
> 
> I have tested successfully in a x86_64 noteboot..., yes I know there
> is no change for that platform :).
> I am trying to get hold of an arm device that can run the latest
> kernel from upstream.
> 
> On the meanwhile if you could take a look to the patch to verify that
> this the way that you expect the drivers to use your api I would
> appreciate it

This looks pretty reaosnable.

Note that ifdef  CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT in the old code doesn't actually
work, as that option is an internal thing just for mips and sh..