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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-15 12:56:12 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-15 12:56:12 -0800 |
| commit | 647df5189fecb2c2fa811421a3f28bf9034e3a70 (patch) | |
| tree | f3fac52eedac2bb74a760a798ea8c397e2878553 /Documentation | |
| parent | cbbc49877d44408c4d0decf77c3c141732bbc679 (diff) | |
| parent | 175add1981e53d22caba8f42d5f924a4de507b6c (diff) | |
Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6:
[IA64] SN specific version of dma_get_required_mask()
[IA64] generic_defconfig: Enable SATA_VITESSE
[IA64] dump stack on kernel unaligned warnings
[IA64] Turn on CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_CLOCK
[IA64] Update to use account_{steal,idle}_ticks
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DMA-API.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt index b462bb149543..52441694fe03 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt @@ -170,16 +170,15 @@ Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not. u64 dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev) -After setting the mask with dma_set_mask(), this API returns the -actual mask (within that already set) that the platform actually -requires to operate efficiently. Usually this means the returned mask +This API returns the mask that the platform requires to +operate efficiently. Usually this means the returned mask is the minimum required to cover all of memory. Examining the required mask gives drivers with variable descriptor sizes the opportunity to use smaller descriptors as necessary. Requesting the required mask does not alter the current mask. If you -wish to take advantage of it, you should issue another dma_set_mask() -call to lower the mask again. +wish to take advantage of it, you should issue a dma_set_mask() +call to set the mask to the value returned. Part Id - Streaming DMA mappings |