From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Williams Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_dma: call dmaengine_get only if NET_DMA enabled Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:03:11 -0700 Message-ID: <498D241F.4080005@intel.com> References: <20090206.140912.40800913.davem@davemloft.net> <20090206.192910.42610645.davem@davemloft.net> <20090206.215533.166740686.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp" , "Sosnowski, Maciej" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: David Miller Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090206.215533.166740686.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org David Miller wrote: > From: David Miller > Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:29:10 -0800 (PST) > >> From: Dan Williams >> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 15:52:35 -0700 >> >>> Yes, it has been on the todo list for a while, but I eventually want >>> the net case to look more like the raid case. I.e. have one code path >>> that picks async versus sync at runtime, with the option to compile >>> out async support with header file ifdefs only. >> And how does any of that get us any closer to a fix right now >> for this problem that doesn't require an ifdef? >> >> Someone please work on this. > > I guess that'd end up being me.... Not necessarily, you did snap me back into reality with that comment. > > How about something like this? Looks good. Thanks, Dan