From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266265AbUBJSpi (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:45:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266267AbUBJSoR (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:44:17 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:14802 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266175AbUBJSmz (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:42:55 -0500 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:42:50 -0800 From: "David S. Miller" To: Martin Diehl Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Patch] dma_sync_to_device Message-Id: <20040210104250.11e95c87.davem@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; sparc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Face: "_;p5u5aPsO,_Vsx"^v-pEq09'CU4&Dc1$fQExov$62l60cgCc%FnIwD=.UF^a>?5'9Kn[;433QFVV9M..2eN.@4ZWPGbdi<=?[:T>y?SD(R*-3It"Vj:)"dP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:31:40 +0100 (CET) Martin Diehl wrote: > last fall we agreed there is a dma call missing to sync streaming out dma > mappings before giving the buffer back to the device. I've sent you a > patch which you liked IIRC. However, I wasn't repeatedly polling you for > actually inclusion due to the 2.6 stabilization period. > > Anyway, I see now other related stuff (like dma_pool patches) getting in > so I'm wondering whether it might be the right moment now - right after > 2.6.3-final I'd suggest. So let me resend and ask for application. I've > just retested with 2.6.3-rc2 and verified the old patch still applies > cleanly and works as expected. Believe it or not your work still sits deep in my inbox waiting for my backlog to work on back to it. I'll try to get to this again.