From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: hch@infradead.org, mb@bu3sch.de, jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org,
linville@tuxdriver.com, andi@firstfloor.org, mingo@elte.hu,
bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 14:39:49 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080501.143949.20091241.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080501172913.08975881@core>
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 17:29:13 +0100
> We have tons of drivers that go
>
> try and set 64bit
> oh failed
> try and set 32 bit
> oh worked
>
> When what most actually want is "set it no more than this wide" - a
> request or even a "pci_set_best_mask()" type idea.
>
> Lots less code duplication.
Agreed, it's a templated construct and it belongs in one
spot.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-01 21:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-01 14:38 Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 9:00 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-01 14:40 ` [PATCH 1/3] Add dma_set_mask_weak() API Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 16:20 ` Alan Cox
2008-05-01 17:11 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 14:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] ssb: Add weak DMA-mask API Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 14:43 ` [PATCH 3/3] b43: Use the new " Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 15:36 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks Christoph Hellwig
2008-05-01 15:42 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 15:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-05-01 15:47 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 15:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-05-01 16:07 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 16:30 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-01 17:16 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 17:22 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-01 17:25 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 17:27 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-01 17:33 ` Michael Buesch
2008-05-01 16:29 ` Alan Cox
2008-05-01 21:39 ` David Miller [this message]
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