netdev - Re: [PATCH try#2] Blackfin ethernet driver: on chip ethernet MAC controller driver

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Date:	Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:53:58 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	bryan.wu@...log.com, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH try#2] Blackfin ethernet driver: on chip ethernet MAC controller driver

On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 12:36:51PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Sunday 15 July 2007 11:27:09 Bryan Wu wrote:
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_BFIN_MAC_USE_L1)
> > +# define bfin_mac_alloc(dma_handle, size)  l1_data_sram_zalloc(size)
> > +# define bfin_mac_free(dma_handle, ptr)    l1_data_sram_free(ptr)
> > +#else
> > +# define bfin_mac_alloc(dma_handle, size) \
> > +	 dma_alloc_coherent(NULL, size, dma_handle, GFP_NORMAL)
> 
> What is GFP_NORMAL? It's not defined in latest linus' tree.
> I think you should use GFP_KERNEL, if you can sleep, or GFP_ATOMIC,
> if you can't.

Actually this whole thing looks fishy.  There should be a struct device
for the dma allocation, through a platform_device.  And the
CONFIG_BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 should go away, the l1 sram should have a dma
provider so this can be handled through the dma api.
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