linux-kernel - Re: [char-misc-next 00/12] mei: Add DMA ring

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Message-ID: <20180912071253.GA19548@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:12:53 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Cc:     "Usyskin, Alexander" <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [char-misc-next 00/12] mei: Add DMA ring

On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 04:11:56PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 09:35:32AM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > > This series adds an alternative method for transferring data between
> > > the mei driver and the device via a DMA ring. The DMA ring allows
> > > transferring data in bigger chunks, up to 128K, than the HW ring 512B.
> > > The actual sizes depend on particular MEI generations.
> > > The HW ring is faster for packets that fits into the HW ring while a
> > > packet that would require fragmentation is faster to send via the DMA
> > > ring.
> > 
> > I've applied the first 5 patches now.  Please fix up and resend the rest.
> 
> Greg, as I wrote, we wish to stay with the dual license in that file,
> please can you apply the patches as they are?

I don't have these anymore in my queue, can you rebase and resend?

thanks,

greg k-h