netdev - Re: [net v2 1/4] net: sgi: ioc3-eth: don't abuse dma_direct

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Date:   Mon, 4 Nov 2019 01:34:52 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@...e.de>
Cc:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [net v2 1/4] net: sgi: ioc3-eth: don't abuse dma_direct_* calls

On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 11:34:30AM +0100, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> 
> dma_direct_ is a low-level API that must never be used by drivers
> directly.  Switch to use the proper DMA API instead.
> 
> Change in v2:
> - ensure that tx ring is 16kB aligned

FYI, I think this should be a separate patch.  The lack of explicitly
alignment was just as broken before this patch as it is now.