linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH?][arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c] pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent = pa11_dma_alloc

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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:57:26 +0100
From:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
CC:	kyle@...isc-linux.org, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	grundler@...isc-linux.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH?][arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c]	pcxl_dma_ops.alloc_noncoherent
 = pa11_dma_alloc_consistent?

James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 17:23 +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
>> duplicate pa11_dma_alloc_consistent; more appropriate appears
>> pa11_dma_alloc_noncoherent here. 
>>
>> Not tested, please confirm that this fix is correct
> 
> No, it looks completely incorrect to me.  What makes you think a pcxl
> box has a problem with coherency?

Ok, please ignore the patch then. It just appeared suspicious to me
that the function did exist, but the names assigned were different.
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