From 175add1981e53d22caba8f42d5f924a4de507b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Keller Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:47:17 -0600 Subject: [IA64] SN specific version of dma_get_required_mask() Create a platform specific version of dma_get_required_mask() for ia64 SN Altix. All SN Altix platforms support 64 bit DMA addressing regardless of the size of system memory. Create an ia64 machvec for dma_get_required_mask, with the SN version unconditionally returning DMA_64BIT_MASK. Signed-off-by: John Keller Signed-off-by: Tony Luck --- Documentation/DMA-API.txt | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/DMA-API.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt index b462bb149543..52441694fe03 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt @@ -170,16 +170,15 @@ Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not. u64 dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev) -After setting the mask with dma_set_mask(), this API returns the -actual mask (within that already set) that the platform actually -requires to operate efficiently. Usually this means the returned mask +This API returns the mask that the platform requires to +operate efficiently. Usually this means the returned mask is the minimum required to cover all of memory. Examining the required mask gives drivers with variable descriptor sizes the opportunity to use smaller descriptors as necessary. Requesting the required mask does not alter the current mask. If you -wish to take advantage of it, you should issue another dma_set_mask() -call to lower the mask again. +wish to take advantage of it, you should issue a dma_set_mask() +call to set the mask to the value returned. Part Id - Streaming DMA mappings -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b