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From: jdzheng@broadcom.com (Jiandong Zheng)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm: fix build failure in code for mach-bcmring/dma.c
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:37:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F1DC521.9020806@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120123201857.GA1068@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>


> Moreover, from what I can see, dma.c is unused by code in the mainline
> kernel - I couldn't find any reference to dma_map_mem() or
> dma_init_mem_map() both of which seem to be pre-requisits for using
> this code.  Obviously you have drivers which use it.
>
> What can be done to clean this up?
>
Yes, it was used by another driver not in mainline kernel. Since that 
driver is being rewritten and these functions are not used in mainline 
kernel either, I will send out a patch to remove them soon.

Thanks,
JD

      reply	other threads:[~2012-01-23 20:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-22 21:09 [PATCH] arm: fix build failure in code for mach-bcmring/dma.c Paul Gortmaker
2012-01-22 21:17 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-01-22 23:32   ` Paul Gortmaker
2012-01-23 18:53   ` Jiandong Zheng
2012-01-23 20:18     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-01-23 20:37       ` Jiandong Zheng [this message]

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