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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Revert "[ARM] pxa: remove now unnecessary dma_needs_bounce()"
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:17:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110322081746.GA17264@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinVBCpinGfMkFbb_RpJbdAJiuQ57aWjqj5F=FoB@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 07:00:57PM -0700, Barry Song wrote:
> For sa1111, why don't PCB design just connect one sdram to bank0 and
> make software use bank0 as DMA bank if bank0 is not slower than
> bank1/2/3? If bank0 is same with bank1/2/3 in hardware timing, there
> is no reason to make a strange design which uses bank1/2/3 as DMA
> area.

Who knows why board and SoC designers do silly things.  If we could stop
that, the kernel would be *much* simpler.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-22  8:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-21  6:12 Revert "[ARM] pxa: remove now unnecessary dma_needs_bounce()" Barry Song
2011-03-21  7:21 ` Eric Miao
2011-03-21 14:54   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-21 14:58     ` Eric Miao
2011-03-21 15:03 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-22  2:00   ` Barry Song
2011-03-22  8:17     ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2011-03-23  3:15       ` Barry Song

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