linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fsldma: use PCI Read Multiple command

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Message-ID: <49F61A77.4060404@freescale.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:49:59 -0500
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
To:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
CC:	David Hawkins <dwh@...o.caltech.edu>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Liu Dave-R63238 <DaveLiu@...escale.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ira Snyder <iws@...o.caltech.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsldma: use PCI Read Multiple command

Scott Wood wrote:

> I thought the driver only used the bit if the device tree indicated it
> was an 83xx-era DMA controller?

I just wanted to make sure it didn't do anything weird.  It was the only
test I could think of that didn't involve PCI.

> That said, the bits are documented as specifically for PCI, so it would
> be surprising if it had any effect elsewhere.

Surely you wouldn't really be surprised by incorrect documentation of
our parts. :-)

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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