From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinn@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch v1.2.34] WAN: merge driver retina
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:34:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48F70A90.4080007@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ca0148c30809300251y37070034m20efd3e65caa868e@mail.gmail.com>
Matti Linnanvuori wrote:
> 2008/9/14 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>:
>> Changes look good, but do not apply to the 'retina' branch. Also, the
>> virt_to_bus/virt_to_phys stuff should be replaced with DMA mapping API
>> usage.
>
> Actually there is one call of virt_to_phys in the patch I sent.
> I don't know any way to replace virt_to_phys and still use remap_pfn_range.
> If all architectures support virt_to_phys, I see no reason to replace it with
> something else. The driver is legacy.
We do not merge new drivers that use deprecated APIs.
The whole point of a deprecated API is that you wish to remove it
eventually.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-16 9:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-04 6:39 [patch 1.2.32] WAN: merge driver retina Matti Linnanvuori
2008-08-07 6:31 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-08-08 6:34 ` Matti Linnanvuori
2008-08-12 9:46 ` [patch v1.2.34] " Matti Linnanvuori
2008-09-14 0:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-09-29 11:56 ` Matti Linnanvuori
2008-09-30 9:51 ` Matti Linnanvuori
2008-10-16 9:34 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2008-10-16 9:35 ` David Miller
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