From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mk-outboundfilter-3.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.23]:30605 "EHLO mk-outboundfilter-3.mail.uk.tiscali.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933436AbYBTV1B (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:27:01 -0500 Subject: Re: DMA API Re: Remove dma_coherent_mem interface From: ian In-Reply-To: <47BC7B34.7020308@suse.de> References: <1193864605.25899.253.camel@wirenth> <20080220171409.GB27736@parisc-linux.org> <200802201849.48312.ak@suse.de> <1203533015.3181.2.camel@wirenth> <47BC7B34.7020308@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:26:55 +0000 Message-Id: <1203542815.3181.6.camel@wirenth> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Andi Kleen Cc: Matthew Wilcox , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, jejb@steeleye.com, kernel-discuss@handhelds.org, Dmitry On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 20:10 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > ian wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 18:49 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > >>> So ... it's been 4 months. Any new users merged? > >> At least dmam_declare_coherent_memory is completely unused as of > >> 2.6.25-rc* I plan to remove these. > > > > Please do not. > > Do you use dma_declare_* or dmam_declare_*. The first is used > currently. Only the second is unused. Ah, sorry, I missed the extra 'm' as I scanned the mail. We are using the former. > > Dmitry and I are still working on getting the users of this into the > > kernel. > > Is there a time frame on when will this happen? Will you be ready > for the .26 merge window? I think the big sticking point now is getting the generic clock interface merged - Dmitry is working hard on that. The rest of the code is pretty clean now. > Well if it takes longer the best strategy might be to remove > unused stuff now and you just readd what you need when you > really need it in tree. I think that would not be the best path now. btw, kernel-discuss@handhelds.org appears to be a dead list these days.