netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: mediatek: remove incorrect dma

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:06:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	nbd@...nwrt.org, blogic@...nwrt.org, matthias.bgg@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: mediatek: remove incorrect dma_mask assignment

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:07:11 +0100

> Device drivers should not mess with the DMA mask directly,
> but instead call dma_set_mask() etc if needed.
> 
> In case of the mtk_eth_soc driver, the mask already gets set
> correctly when the device is created, and setting it again
> is against the documented API.
> 
> This removes the incorrect setting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied.