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Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] isci: simplify dma coherent allocation
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:32:29PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> Thanks.  We can do this a bit simpler and just move ram initialization
> completely out of the start path, where it does not really belong.
> 
> I'll fold the fix below into the patch.

That looks much better than the initial version.  I'm still not sure
there actually is much of a point of doing a lot of work in the 
start state handler.  Is there any fundamental reason for delaying work
from the normal init path?