Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/10] DMA-API debugging facility
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:06:55 +0000
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On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 17:57 +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Yes, in principle we could move most of it to generic code. There is
> nothing architecture specific in it.
> Anybody who prefers this to be arch/x86 before moving it to lib/?

I think it's better to start off with a generic version, and test it on
more than one architecture before feeding it upstream. That way, you
know you aren't going to have to go back to the drawing board with it.

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@intel.com                              Intel Corporation

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