netdev - RE: [PATCH] bnx2x: use the dma state API instead of the pci equivalents

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Date:	Sun, 4 Apr 2010 02:15:52 -0700
From:	"Vladislav Zolotarov" <vladz@...adcom.com>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	"fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp" <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] bnx2x: use the dma state API instead of the pci
 equivalents

According to the changes in a PCI-DMA-mapping.txt it sounds like the trend is to stop using the pci_dma_* API and start using the dma_* API instead. Does this mean that using the pci_dma_* API is deprecated?

Thanks,
vlad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net] 
> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 11:39 AM
> To: Vladislav Zolotarov
> Cc: fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp; netdev@...r.kernel.org; 
> Eilon Greenstein
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: use the dma state API instead of 
> the pci equivalents
> 
> From: "Vladislav Zolotarov" <vladz@...adcom.com>
> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 01:19:07 -0700
> 
> > So, if we don't need to use pci_X() interface anymore, lets replace
> > pci_X() properly all over the bnx2x with dma_X() functions.
> 
> I think Fujita's plan of gradual and partial transformations is
> legitimate, and his changes shouldn't be rejected because he simply
> isn't modifying all of the interfaces used by this driver but rather
> just a specific subset he is trying to transform across the tree.
> 
> Please rescind your objections.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
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