Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 16/19] ARM: LPAE: Use generic dma_addr_t type definition | From | Catalin Marinas <> | Date | Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:24:06 +0000 |
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On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 14:27 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 01:01:30PM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote: > > Maybe we could make the dma_addr_t size configurable (and disabled by > > default) since I expect there'll be platforms capable of >32-bit DMA. > > It would be far better to fix the dma_addr_t abuses.
That's not a simple task, I have no idea how many drivers get used on ARM systems. We can defer this until people start using Cortex-A15 in real hardware and only fix the drivers they need.
BTW, can sparse help here (I haven't used it much)?
-- Catalin
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