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Date:	Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:21:44 +0900
From:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	masa-korg@....okisemi.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Gigabit Ethernet driver of Topcliff PCH

On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:13:22 +0900
"Masayuki Ohtake" <masa-korg@....okisemi.com> wrote:

> > Probably, this trick doesn't work because zero could be a valid DMA
> > address on some architctures.
> >
> 
> The flag which shows mapped will be added.
> And it is used instead of "if (buffer_info->dma) ".

Sounds fine. That's what other drivers do.


> > > + /*-- Set Buffer infomation --*/
> > > + buffer_info->length = skb->len;
> > > + buffer_info->dma =
> > > +     pci_map_single(adapter->pdev, skb->data, buffer_info->length,
> > > +    PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
> >
> > Needs to handle mapping failure (dma_mapping_errro)?
> 
> Error process will be added.

Nice.


> > Can you use dma_map_* API instead of pci_map_*? Please read:
> >
> 
> This DMA of device is not standard.  Personal use of Gigabit Ethernet device.
> So, I guess that I do not need to use DMA-API.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. If a driver does DMA, it must use
the DMA API. Your driver already uses the DMA API (pci_dma_*),
however, pci_map_* API is obsolete so please use dma_map_* API
instead.

Thanks,
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