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[PATCH] DMA-API-HOWTO: <asm/generic/scatterlist.h> is no more

Started byChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
First post2016-09-11 16:00 +0200
Last post2016-09-16 18:10 +0200
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  [PATCH] DMA-API-HOWTO: <asm/generic/scatterlist.h> is no more Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> - 2016-09-11 16:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] DMA-API-HOWTO: <asm/generic/scatterlist.h> is no more Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2016-09-16 18:10 +0200

#1480820 — [PATCH] DMA-API-HOWTO: <asm/generic/scatterlist.h> is no more

FromChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date2016-09-11 16:00 +0200
Subject[PATCH] DMA-API-HOWTO: <asm/generic/scatterlist.h> is no more
Message-ID<sgdsC-6QG-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
So don't mention it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
index 781024e..494ffac 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
@@ -931,10 +931,8 @@ to "Closing".
 
 1) Struct scatterlist requirements.
 
-   Don't invent the architecture specific struct scatterlist; just use
-   <asm-generic/scatterlist.h>. You need to enable
-   CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH if the architecture supports IOMMUs
-   (including software IOMMU).
+   You need to enable CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH if the architecture
+   supports IOMMUs (including software IOMMU).
 
 2) ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN
 
-- 
2.1.4

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FromJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Date2016-09-16 18:10 +0200
Message-ID<si3S9-6Ya-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1480820
On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 15:58:53 +0200
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:

> So don't mention it.

Applied to the docs tree, thanks.

jon

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