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Message-ID: <38b2ab8a0806300703j7c0f0567w4cf1730fbe375c00@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:03:52 +0200
From: "Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@...il.com>
To: "Oliver Neukum" <oliver@...kum.org>
Cc: "David Brownell" <david-b@...bell.net>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: usb_get_status(): what a weird implementation !
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org> wrote:
>
> If your buffer is smaller than CACHE_LINE_SIZE it should work.
> However, this needs input from people who understand DMA in and out.
yeah, that's the reason why it's a hack.
Maybe adding a new helper in the dma API would be better...
> But how large is 2 * CACHE_LINE_SIZE compared to the kernel stack?
CACHE_LINE_SIZE = 32 bytes is common for embedded systems I guess.
For big system, I dunno.
Kernel stack size is usually 4KiB.
--
Francis
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