From 64d70fe5d3640e1a89790ed21120921278f8cb86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marek Szyprowski Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:55:56 +0200 Subject: common: DMA-mapping: add NON-CONSISTENT attribute DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT lets the platform to choose to return either consistent or non-consistent memory as it sees fit. By using this API, you are guaranteeing to the platform that you have all the correct and necessary sync points for this memory in the driver. Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski Acked-by: Kyungmin Park Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann --- Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt index 811a5d458dae..5c72eed89563 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt @@ -41,3 +41,11 @@ buffered to improve performance. Since it is optional for platforms to implement DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE, those that do not will simply ignore the attribute and exhibit default behavior. + +DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT +----------------------- + +DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT lets the platform to choose to return either +consistent or non-consistent memory as it sees fit. By using this API, +you are guaranteeing to the platform that you have all the correct and +necessary sync points for this memory in the driver. -- cgit v1.2.3