Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add dma_set_mask_weak() API

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To: Alan Cox <alan@...>

Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...>, John Linville <linville@...>, Andi Kleen <andi@...>, David Miller <davem@...>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...>, <bcm43xx-dev@...>, <linux-wireless@...>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...>

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add dma_set_mask_weak() API

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 1:11 pm

On Thursday 01 May 2008 18:20:45 Alan Cox wrote:
quoted text> On Thu, 1 May 2008 16:40:16 +0200
> Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> wrote:
> 
> > This adds a new DMA subsystem API call for "weak" setting
> > of the DMA mask
> 
> weak is an odd term - and we use weak for things like weak symbols so it
> might be confusing. dma_request_mask() ?

Yeah, as a non-native english speaker I couldn't come up with a good
name for it. But request seems pretty good to me.


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[PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 10:38 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Arjan van de Ven, (Thu May 1, 5:00 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Christoph Hellwig, (Thu May 1, 11:36 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Alan Cox, (Thu May 1, 12:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, David Miller, (Thu May 1, 5:39 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 11:42 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Christoph Hellwig, (Thu May 1, 11:43 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 11:47 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Christoph Hellwig, (Thu May 1, 11:58 am)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 12:07 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Jesse Barnes, (Thu May 1, 12:30 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 1:16 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Jesse Barnes, (Thu May 1, 1:27 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 1:33 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Jesse Barnes, (Thu May 1, 1:22 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add API for weak DMA masks, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 1:25 pm)

[PATCH 2/3] ssb: Add weak DMA-mask API, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 10:41 am)

[PATCH 1/3] Add dma_set_mask_weak() API, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 10:40 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add dma_set_mask_weak() API, Alan Cox, (Thu May 1, 12:20 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add dma_set_mask_weak() API, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 1:11 pm)

[PATCH 3/3] b43: Use the new weak DMA-mask API, Michael Buesch, (Thu May 1, 10:43 am)


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