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Kernel v2.6.24 /Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt

Filename:/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
Lines Added:2
Lines Deleted:22
Also changed in: (Previous) 2.6.24-rc8  2.6.24-rc7  2.6.24-rc6  2.6.24-rc5  2.6.24-rc4  2.6.24-rc3 
(Following) 2.6.25-git14  2.6.25-git15  2.6.25-git16  2.6.25-git17  2.6.25-git18  2.6.25-git19 

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[  2.6.24
  [  Documentation
     o  DMA-mapping.txt

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diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
index e07f253..d84f89d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
@@ -189,12 +189,6 @@ smaller mask as pci_set_dma_mask(). However for the rare case that a
 device driver only uses consistent allocations, one would have to
 check the return value from pci_set_consistent_dma_mask().
 
-If your 64-bit device is going to be an enormous consumer of DMA
-mappings, this can be problematic since the DMA mappings are a
-finite resource on many platforms.  Please see the "DAC Addressing
-for Address Space Hungry Devices" section near the end of this
-document for how to handle this case.
-
 Finally, if your device can only drive the low 24-bits of
 address during PCI bus mastering you might do something like:
 
@@ -203,8 +197,6 @@ address during PCI bus mastering you might do something like:
              "mydev: 24-bit DMA addressing not available.\n");
       goto ignore_this_device;
    }
-[Better use DMA_24BIT_MASK instead of 0x00ffffff.
-See linux/include/dma-mapping.h for reference.]
 
 When pci_set_dma_mask() is successful, and returns zero, the PCI layer
 saves away this mask you have provided.  The PCI layer will use this
@@ -514,7 +506,7 @@ With scatterlists, you map a region gathered from several regions by:
    int i, count = pci_map_sg(dev, sglist, nents, direction);
    struct scatterlist *sg;
 
-   for (i = 0, sg = sglist; i < count; i++, sg++) {
+   for_each_sg(sglist, sg, count, i) {
       hw_address[i] = sg_dma_address(sg);
       hw_len[i] = sg_dma_len(sg);
    }
@@ -652,18 +644,6 @@ It is planned to completely remove virt_to_bus() and bus_to_virt() as
 they are entirely deprecated.  Some ports already do not provide these
 as it is impossible to correctly support them.
 
-      64-bit DMA and DAC cycle support
-
-Do you understand all of the text above?  Great, then you already
-know how to use 64-bit DMA addressing under Linux.  Simply make
-the appropriate pci_set_dma_mask() calls based upon your cards
-capabilities, then use the mapping APIs above.
-
-It is that simple.
-
-Well, not for some odd devices.  See the next section for information
-about that.
-
       Optimizing Unmap State Space Consumption
 
 On many platforms, pci_unmap_{single,page}() is simply a nop.
@@ -782,5 +762,5 @@ following people:
    Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com>
    Thomas Sailer <sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch>
    Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
-   Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
+   Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
    David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>


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