linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH?][arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c] pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent = pa11_dma_alloc

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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:42:15 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>
Cc:	kyle@...isc-linux.org, grundler@...isc-linux.org,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH?][arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c] pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent = pa11_dma_alloc_consistent?

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:23:33PM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
> duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears
> pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here. 
> 
> Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct

I don't think it is.  The memories are fading, so I don't recall why it
is we do it this way, but I'm pretty sure it's correct the way it is.

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