linux-kernel - Re: dma_declare_coherent

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Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:49:55 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dma_declare_coherent_memory and SuperH

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 09:04:19AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> > Well, the replacement is to declare the device memory carveouts in the
> > Device Tree.
> 
> Your plan is to eliminate the ability for non-device-tree boards to do DMA?

No.  My hope is to kill dma_declarare_coherent, an API for board
support files to declare device-specific regions to be used for
coherent DMA.