2 Dec 05:56
DMA-API.txt: fix description of pci_map_sg/dma_map_sg scatterlists handling
From: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel <at> vger.kernel.org>
Subject: DMA-API.txt: fix description of pci_map_sg/dma_map_sg scatterlists handling
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head
Date: 2008-12-02 05:00:10 GMT
Subject: DMA-API.txt: fix description of pci_map_sg/dma_map_sg scatterlists handling
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head
Date: 2008-12-02 05:00:10 GMT
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1d678f365dae28420fa7329a2a35390b3582678d Commit: 1d678f365dae28420fa7329a2a35390b3582678d Parent: 4280e3126f641898f0ed1a931645373d3489e2a6 Author: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori <at> lab.ntt.co.jp> AuthorDate: Mon Dec 1 13:14:01 2008 -0800 Committer: Linus Torvalds <torvalds <at> linux-foundation.org> CommitDate: Mon Dec 1 19:55:24 2008 -0800 DMA-API.txt: fix description of pci_map_sg/dma_map_sg scatterlists handling - pci_map_sg/dma_map_sg are used with a scatter gather list that doesn't come from the block layer (e.g. some network drivers do). - how IOMMUs merge adjacent elements of the scatter/gather list is independent of how the block layer determines sees elements. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori <at> lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley <at> HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun <at> gmail.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe <at> oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm <at> linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds <at> linux-foundation.org> --- Documentation/DMA-API.txt | 8 +++----- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt index b8e8646..b462bb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt(Continue reading)
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