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To: "Paul Fulghum" <paulkf@microgate.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.3-dj5 synclink.c fix so that it compiles
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:48:23 -0500
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Paul-
That is understandable. I had  the same guess as you when I made this patch. 
Why is ths synclink.c driver using DMA Mapping. After I took that line out I 
was fine becuase my system is fine. 

On Monday 11 February 2002 10:38 am, you wrote:
> > This is a temp fix for thje synclink.c file in drivers/char it work's for
>
> me
>
> > so DJ will you please apply this patch.
> > Thank you Victor Torres.
> > All it does it removes the #error please convert me to
> > Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
> > it compiles and work's great for me.
> > Please apply
>
> There is nothing in the DMA-mapping.txt that
> applies to the PCI version of the synclink adapter
> (which does not do DMA to/from system memory).
>
> The ISA version of the synclink adapter does do
> ISA DMA bus master transfers. After reading
> DMA-mapping.txt twice it is unclear what changes
> need to be applied. The documentation seems to imply
> that ISA devices need to make some pci_xxx calls.
> I'm not sure how this works when there is no PCI bus.
>
> For now, removing the #error line should work fine
> for the PCI adapter and probably for the ISA as well.
>
> I will look at this again as time allows.
>
> I usually wait 6-12 months after the new development
> kernel opens before attempting to sync my drivers
> to the latest changes. This avoids most of the eat-your-file-system
> phase, prevents wasting time chasing after a rapidly changing API,
> and still leaves another 12 months for tweaking.
>
> Paul Fulghum, paulkf@microgate.com
> Microgate Corporation, www.microgate.com
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