netdev - RE: [PATCH v2 3/5] net: ep93xx_eth: allocate buffers using kmalloc()

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:53:01 -0500
From:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
To:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@....fi>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"kernel@...tstofly.org" <kernel@...tstofly.org>,
	"ryan@...ewatersys.com" <ryan@...ewatersys.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 3/5] net: ep93xx_eth: allocate buffers using kmalloc()

On Thursday, June 02, 2011 12:00 PM, Mika Westerberg wrote:
>
> We can use simply kmalloc() to allocate the buffers. This also simplifies the
> code and allows us to perform DMA sync operations more easily.
>
> Memory is allocated with only GFP_KERNEL since there are no DMA allocation
> restrictions on this platform.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@....fi>
> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>

Looks ok to me.

Acked-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
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