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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:54:36 +0900 From: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp> To: jens.axboe@...cle.com Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: fix block/biodoc.txt dma mapping description - It looks incorrect to use blk_rq_map_sg with pci_map_page here about DMA mappings. dma_map_sg? - better to use dma_map_page instead of pci_map_page. http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126596737604808&w=2 Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp> --- Documentation/block/biodoc.txt | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt index 6fab97e..508b5b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt @@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ where a driver received a request ala this before: As mentioned, there is no virtual mapping of a bio. For DMA, this is not a problem as the driver probably never will need a virtual mapping. -Instead it needs a bus mapping (pci_map_page for a single segment or -use blk_rq_map_sg for scatter gather) to be able to ship it to the driver. For +Instead it needs a bus mapping (dma_map_page for a single segment or +use dma_map_sg for scatter gather) to be able to ship it to the driver. For PIO drivers (or drivers that need to revert to PIO transfer once in a while (IDE for example)), where the CPU is doing the actual data transfer a virtual mapping is needed. If the driver supports highmem I/O, -- 1.6.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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