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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: edward_estabrook@agilent.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hjk@linutronix.de,
	edward.estabrook@gmail.com, edward.estabrook.lkml@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Userspace I/O (UIO): Add support for userspace DMA
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:49:36 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081204004936.GD6981@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43FC624C55D8C746A914570B66D642610367F29B@cos-us-mb03.cos.agilent.com>

On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 02:39:44PM -0700, edward_estabrook@agilent.com wrote:
> From: Edward Estabrook <Edward_Estabrook@agilent.com>
> 
> Here is a patch that adds the ability to dynamically allocate (and
> use) coherent DMA from userspace by extending the userspace IO driver.
> This patch applies against 2.6.28-rc6.

Hm, as this patch changes the UIO userspace/kernelspace interface, how
about also documenting it in the existing UIO documentation so that
people know it is there, and so that we can properly review if it is a
sane change.

ALso, for kernel/user api changes, you should cc: the
linux-api@vger.kernel.org mailing list so that it can be reviewed there
by the people trying to maintain the kernel documentation.

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-12-04  0:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-03 21:39 [PATCH 1/1] Userspace I/O (UIO): Add support for userspace DMA edward_estabrook
2008-12-03 22:00 ` Leon Woestenberg
2008-12-04  2:44   ` Edward Estabrook
2008-12-04  0:49 ` Greg KH [this message]
2008-12-04  0:50 ` Greg KH
2008-12-04  1:49   ` Edward Estabrook
2008-12-04  8:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-12-04 10:27   ` Hugh Dickins
2008-12-23 21:32     ` Max Krasnyansky
2008-12-04 18:08   ` Hans J. Koch
2008-12-05  7:10     ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-12-05  9:44       ` Hans J. Koch
2008-12-06  0:32         ` Edward Estabrook
2008-12-12 17:25           ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-12-13  0:29             ` Hans J. Koch
2009-12-12  0:02   ` Earl Chew
2009-12-14 19:23     ` Hans J. Koch
2009-12-15 13:34       ` Earl Chew
2009-12-15 17:47         ` Earl Chew
2009-12-15 21:33           ` Hans J. Koch
2009-12-15 21:00         ` Hans J. Koch
2009-12-15 21:47           ` Earl Chew
2009-12-15 22:28             ` Hans J. Koch
2009-12-16  0:20               ` Earl Chew
2009-12-16  1:23                 ` Hans J. Koch
2009-12-16  1:45                   ` Earl Chew

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