linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 05/11] mmc/host: add context parameter for DMA_SLAVE and DMA

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Date:	Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:52:07 -0800
From:	"Bounine, Alexandre" <Alexandre.Bounine@....com>
To:	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...ricsson.com>
CC:	<vinod.koul@...el.com>, <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Chris Ball <cjb@...top.org>,
	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>,
	Ian Molton <ian@...menth.co.uk>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Per FORLIN <per.forlin@...ricsson.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Viresh KUMAR <viresh.kumar@...com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 05/11] mmc/host: add context parameter for DMA_SLAVE and DMA_CYCLIC

On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> 
> Alexandre Bounine wrote:
> > Fixups for calls affected by adding the new context parameter to
DMA_SLAVE
> > and DMA_CYCLIC interfaces.
... skip ...
> >
> 
> I have not been following the patches for changing the API. But does
> that mean that before this patch we are getting compile
> errors/warnings?

No. This is a new API change in [01/11]. This change was in discussion
some time ago.
Now I am getting back to it. See https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/2/461 for
more details.

> Is so, the complete API change should have been included in this patch
> as well, right?
> 
Yes, this patch better to be submitted as a single patch combined with
the proposed API change. Sorry for inconvenience.
If these API changes will be approved I will resubmit these changes as
one patch.

Alex.


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