Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 03:08:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 03:08:36 -0500 Received: from 12-231-249-244.client.attbi.com ([12.231.249.244]:56081 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 03:08:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:10:08 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Miles Bader Cc: "J.E.J. Bottomley" , Matthew Wilcox , "Adam J. Richter" , andmike@us.ibm.com, hch@lst.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mochel@osdl.org, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Untested port of parisc_device to generic device interface Message-ID: <20021113081008.GC2106@kroah.com> References: <20021109060342.GA7798@kroah.com> <200211091533.gA9FXuW02017@localhost.localdomain> <20021113061310.GD2106@kroah.com> <20021113075223.GZ2106@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1279 Lines: 29 On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:02:39PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > Greg KH writes: > > > This this would end up [or have the ability to] invoking a bus-specific > > > routine at some point, right? [so that a truly PCI-specific definition > > > could be still be had] > > > > If that was needed, yes, we should not break that functionality. > > > > Are there any existing archs that need more than just dma_mask moved to > > struct device out of pci_dev? Hm, ppc might need a bit more... > > I can't speak for `real machines,' but on my wierd embedded board, > pci_alloc_consistent allocates from a special area of memory (not > located at 0) that is the only shared memory between PCI devices and the > CPU. pci_alloc_consistent happens to fit this situation quite well, but > I don't think a bitmask is enough to express the situation. What does your pci_alloc_consistent() function need from the pci_dev structure in order to do what you need it to do? Anything other than the dma_mask value? thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/