linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/18] ide: remove ide_setup

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:29:00 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/18] ide: remove ide_setup_dma()

Hello.

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Saturday 21 June 2008, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
>   
>> Hello.
>>
>> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>>     
>>> Export sff_dma_ops and then remove ide_setup_dma().
>>>
>>> There should be no functional changes caused by this patch.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
>>>
>>>       

Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>

>>> Index: b/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- a/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c
>>> @@ -318,15 +318,14 @@ static u8 __devinit palm_bk3710_cable_de
>>>  static int __devinit palm_bk3710_init_dma(ide_hwif_t *hwif,
>>>  					  const struct ide_port_info *d)
>>>  {
>>> -	unsigned long base =
>>> -		hwif->io_ports.data_addr - IDE_PALM_ATA_PRI_REG_OFFSET;
>>> -
>>>  	printk(KERN_INFO "    %s: MMIO-DMA\n", hwif->name);
>>>  
>>>  	if (ide_allocate_dma_engine(hwif))
>>>  		return -1;
>>>  
>>> -	ide_setup_dma(hwif, base);
>>> +	hwif->dma_base = hwif->io_ports.data_addr - IDE_PALM_ATA_PRI_REG_OFFSET;
>>>   
>>>       
>>    That's er... too complex. Actually, 'base' has the value for 
>> 'dma_base' at that moment...
>>     
>
> Well, the above place is the only user of 'base' so isn't the variable
> kind of superfluous?
>   

   Oops, sorry. I somehow thought this change was in other context (was 
looking at the older version of driver recently).

> Thanks,
> Bart
>   

MBR, Sergei


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