From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>,
Ben Collins <bcollins@ubuntu.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 17/18] sbp2: provide helptext for CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA and mark it experimental
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 22:27:10 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tkrat.df90273c07dd7503@s5r6.in-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tkrat.96e1b392429fe277@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
It appears I will not get it fixed overnight.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Index: linux-2.6.17-rc5-mm2/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc5-mm2.orig/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig 2006-06-01 20:55:03.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc5-mm2/drivers/ieee1394/Kconfig 2006-06-01 20:55:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -128,8 +128,17 @@ config IEEE1394_SBP2
1394 bus. SBP-2 devices include harddrives and DVD devices.
config IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA
- bool "Enable Phys DMA support for SBP2 (Debug)"
- depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_SBP2
+ bool "Enable replacement for physical DMA in SBP2"
+ depends on IEEE1394 && IEEE1394_SBP2 && EXPERIMENTAL
+ help
+ This builds sbp2 for use with non-OHCI host adapters which do not
+ support physical DMA or for when ohci1394 is run with phys_dma=0.
+ Physical DMA is data movement without assistence of the drivers'
+ interrupt handlers. This option includes the interrupt handlers
+ that are required in absence of this hardware feature.
+
+ This option is buggy and currently broken on some architectures.
+ If unsure, say N.
config IEEE1394_ETH1394
tristate "Ethernet over 1394"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-02 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-02 19:42 [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 00/18] ieee1394: misc updates Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 19:45 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 01/18] video1394: be quiet Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 19:46 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 02/18] ohci1394.c: function calls without effect Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 19:48 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 03/18] sbp2: make TSB42AA9 workaround specific to Momobay CX-1 Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 19:50 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 04/18] Semaphore to mutex conversion Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 19:51 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 05/18] raw1394: fix whitespace after x86_64 compat patch Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 19:53 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 06/18] ieee1394/ohci1394: CycleTooLong interrupt management Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:04 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 07/18] ieee1394: support for slow links or slow 1394b phy ports Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:08 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 08/18] ieee1394: save RAM by using a single tlabel for broadcast transactions Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:10 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 09/18] sbp2: remove manipulation of inquiry response Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:11 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 10/18] sbp2: log number of supported concurrent logins Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:13 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 11/18] ieee1394: extend lowlevel API for address range properties Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:17 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 12/18] ohci1394: set " Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:20 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 13/18] ohci1394: make phys_dma parameter read-only Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:22 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 14/18] sbp2: sbp2 remove ohci1394 specific constant Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:24 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 15/18] sbp2: fix S800 transfers if phys_dma is off Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:25 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 16/18] Update feature removal of obsolete raw1394 ISO requests Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:27 ` Stefan Richter [this message]
2006-06-02 20:28 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 18/18] sbp2: use __attribute__((packed)) for on-the-wire structures Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 20:46 ` [PATCH 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 17/18] sbp2: provide helptext for CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA and mark it experimental Ben Collins
2006-06-02 21:57 ` Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 22:20 ` Ben Collins
2006-06-02 23:21 ` Stefan Richter
2006-06-02 23:49 ` Ben Collins
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