linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sh: maple: Update the maple bus driver to support block reads and writes

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Date:	Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:27:41 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Adrian McMenamin <lkmladrian@...il.com>
Cc:	Adrian McMenamin <adrian@...golddream.dyndns.info>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-sh <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh: maple: Update the maple bus driver to support
	block reads and writes

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:09:27PM +0000, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> 2009/2/14 Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>:
> > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 08:05:48PM +0000, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> >> Greg,
> >>
> >> This patch updates the maple bus to support asynchronous block reads and
> >> writes as well as generally improving the quality of the code and
> >> supporting concurrency (all needed to support the Dreamcast visual
> >> memory unit - a driver will also be posted for that).
> >>
> >> I have posted versions of this before but am here following the patch
> >> grouping suggested and have also tested this code and unlike earlier
> >> versions it shows no signs of suffering from race conditions - so I hope
> >> you will be happy to queue it for inclusion.
> >
> > Looks good to me, but shouldn't this go through the sh maintainers
> > instead?  This is their area, right?
> 
> 
> As it's a change to a bus I thought you were the maintainer?

Nope, just the driver core.

thanks,

greg k-h
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