Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:55:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:54:50 -0500 Received: from deimos.hpl.hp.com ([192.6.19.190]:7673 "EHLO deimos.hpl.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 11:54:43 -0500 From: David Mosberger MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15457.24490.49714.443106@napali.hpl.hp.com> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 08:54:02 -0800 To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: David Mosberger , Michael Madore , linux-ia64@linuxia64.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Proper fix for sym53c8xx_2 driver and dma64_addr_t In-Reply-To: <20020206092129.A8739@caldera.de> In-Reply-To: <3C6043E5.D1F40E5D@turbolinux.com> <20020205223804.A22012@caldera.de> <15456.21030.840746.209377@napali.hpl.hp.com> <20020206092129.A8739@caldera.de> X-Mailer: VM 7.00 under Emacs 21.1.1 Reply-To: davidm@hpl.hp.com X-URL: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/David_Mosberger/ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:21:29 +0100, Christoph Hellwig said: Christoph> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 01:44:06PM -0800, David Mosberger Christoph> wrote: IA64 needs to define dma64_addr_t. >> Not before the driver writers understand when to use it. Christoph> Architecture maintainers are not supposed to decide Christoph> whether driver writers understand APIs. The dma64_addr_t Christoph> type is part of the PCI DMA interface and IA64 needs to Christoph> defines it. Then find a better way to catch errant uses of dma64_addr_t. I have spent too much time discussing the DMA API with Dave M to see it being misused for no good reason. It will take some time until there are enough sample drivers that show proper usage of the DMA interface. There is almost no driver that needs dma64_addr_t. We can add it once there is an ia64 driver that *really* needs it. Christoph> Linus, could you please accept the below patch to define Christoph> dma64_addr_t on IA64? Christoph, if you want this type your linux distro, you can add it with your own patch. For the time being, I'm the ia64 linux maintainer so I hope you can respect my decisions. --david - 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/