linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/5] Staging: VME Framework for the Linux Kernel

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:31:27 +0200
From:	"Emilio G. Cota" <cota@...ap.org>
To:	Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...anuc.com>
Cc:	Greg K-H <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	Sebastien Dugue <sebastien.dugue@...l.net>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/5] Staging: VME Framework for the Linux Kernel

Emilio G. Cota wrote:
> I've had a closer look; it seems to me that most of it is unnecessary;
> there's no show those lists to a driver. I'd just provide a single
> 'do_dma(attributes)' call that sleeps until it's done (or similar).

s/there's no show/there's no point in showing/

Basically the driver simply shouldn't care about these DMA
lists. It just wants to get the work done, no matter how.

E.
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