From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 24 Dec 2000 06:41:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 24 Dec 2000 06:41:50 -0500 Received: from colorfullife.com ([216.156.138.34]:44813 "EHLO colorfullife.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 24 Dec 2000 06:41:45 -0500 Message-ID: <3A45DADF.1B87B81E@colorfullife.com> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 12:15:43 +0100 From: Manfred X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.18 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Q: natsemi.c spinlocks In-Reply-To: <3A44E4D0.E8F177B9@colorfullife.com> <3A45493C.3C75EC1A@uow.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > > start_tx() > { Yes, I overlooked start_tx. Hmm. start_tx also assumes that the cpu commits writes in order, I'm sure the driver is unreliable on RISC cpus. Perhaps the driver should use pci_alloc_consistent and pci_map_single? -- Manfred - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/