From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B2ADDFF4 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:47:48 +1100 (EST) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so3279881ywh.39 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:47:47 -0800 (PST) Sender: Josh Boyer Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:47:31 -0500 From: Josh Boyer To: Grant Likely Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: rework dma-noncoherent to use generic vmap/vunmap functions Message-ID: <20090112004731.GA21457@zod.rchland.ibm.com> References: <1231505915-16082-1-git-send-email-yanok@emcraft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, dzu@denx.de, wd@denx.de, Ilya Yanok List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 05:31:19PM -0700, Grant Likely wrote: >On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Ilya Yanok wrote: >> This patch rewrites consistent dma allocations support to use vmalloc >> layer to allocate virtual memory space from vmalloc pool and get rid >> of CONFIG_CONSISTENT_{START,SIZE}. > >Impressive patch. I'll pull it into my tree and see how it works on >4xx and 5200. Doing my job for me now? ;) >BTW, you can drop all the defconfig updates in this patch. The old >config values will just disappear when 'make *_defconfig' is run. >Putting them in the patch makes it far more likely that it won't apply >at a later date. Yes, totally agreed. I update the 4xx defconfigs every release, so they will get changed when I do that. As Ben said, this is probably too late for .29, but definitely seems like the right way to go. josh