linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 74/71] ncr5380: Enable PDMA for NCR53C400A

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1511302255470.17483@nippy.intranet>
Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:04:16 +1100 (AEDT)
From:	Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
cc:	Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 74/71] ncr5380: Enable PDMA for NCR53C400A

On Sun, 29 Nov 2015, Ondrej Zary wrote:

> Add I/O register mapping for NCR53C400A and enable PDMA mode to
> improve performance and fix non-working IRQ.
> 

Is CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR53C400 is still needed? Can the driver be fully 
configured at runtime now?

> Tested with HP C2502 (and user-space enabler).
> 

It would be nice if the enabler was documented.  
Documentation/scsi/g_NCR5380.txt might be a good place for that. That file 
could perhaps be updated (?) Certainly obsolete and misleading information 
should be removed if you see any.

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