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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Problem with non aligned DMA in usbnet on ARM
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:04:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100811150443.GB8867@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimX46QKAGhiyo8AodaXVjuzoxr5-5z2V4gRr1Vu@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:11:52PM +0200, Martin Fuzzey wrote:
> > You haven't said what HCD you're using.
> >
> imx21_hcd  (submitted by me and mainlined in 2.6.34)
> 
> > In that case, I'd say the HCD must handle misaligned URBs itself so
> > behaviour is consistent between all implementations on different
> > platforms.
> >
> Here is a pointer to the thread where it was stated that HCD's don't
> have to handle this.
> 
> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-usb/2009/4/20/5528164

No, that thread is about stack vs. heap allocations, not about alignment
issues.

thanks,

greg k-h

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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Martin Fuzzey <mfuzzey@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-usb <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Problem with non aligned DMA in usbnet on ARM
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:04:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100811150443.GB8867@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimX46QKAGhiyo8AodaXVjuzoxr5-5z2V4gRr1Vu@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:11:52PM +0200, Martin Fuzzey wrote:
> > You haven't said what HCD you're using.
> >
> imx21_hcd  (submitted by me and mainlined in 2.6.34)
> 
> > In that case, I'd say the HCD must handle misaligned URBs itself so
> > behaviour is consistent between all implementations on different
> > platforms.
> >
> Here is a pointer to the thread where it was stated that HCD's don't
> have to handle this.
> 
> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-usb/2009/4/20/5528164

No, that thread is about stack vs. heap allocations, not about alignment
issues.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-11 15:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-11  9:41 Problem with non aligned DMA in usbnet on ARM Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11  9:41 ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11  9:54 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11  9:54   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 10:11   ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 10:11     ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 15:04     ` Greg KH [this message]
2010-08-11 15:04       ` Greg KH
2010-08-11 16:08       ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 16:08         ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 17:42         ` Greg KH
2010-08-11 17:42           ` Greg KH
2010-08-11 19:07           ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 19:07             ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 20:13             ` Greg KH
2010-08-11 20:13               ` Greg KH
2010-08-11 22:31               ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 22:31                 ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-12 17:01                 ` Matthieu CASTET
2010-08-12 17:01                   ` Matthieu CASTET
2010-08-11 19:10           ` Oliver Neukum
2010-08-11 19:10             ` Oliver Neukum
2010-08-11  9:59 ` Matthieu CASTET
2010-08-11  9:59   ` Matthieu CASTET
2010-08-11 11:38   ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 11:38     ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 15:54     ` Gary King
2010-08-11 20:35       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 22:20         ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 22:20           ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-11 22:47           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-11 22:47             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-08-12 17:08           ` Matthieu CASTET
2010-08-12 17:08             ` Matthieu CASTET
2010-08-13 10:06             ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-13 10:06               ` Martin Fuzzey
2010-08-13 10:58               ` Oliver Neukum
2010-08-13 10:58                 ` Oliver Neukum
2010-08-13 13:42                 ` David Brownell
2010-08-13 13:42                   ` David Brownell
2010-08-13 13:53                   ` Oliver Neukum
2010-08-13 13:53                     ` Oliver Neukum

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