Subject: Re: Rev 1.19 of busdma.doc
To: John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/10/1996 18:20:13
On Sun, 10 Nov 1996 18:24:43 -0500 (EST)
John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington.ma.us> wrote:
> JT> typedef int (*bus_dmamap_load_func_t) __P((bus_addr_t addr,
> JT> bus_size_t size, void *arg));
> I think you need to pass wait/nowait flags here too--if
> bus_dmamap_load() will be calling this function, it has to be able to
> tell whether it's safe to wait (as specified in the bus_dmamap_create()
> call). (Either that, or specify that it must never wait.)
Perhaps I should clarify in the document... the driver callback (which
is what this is) should never block on resource allocation... it should
never block :-) Any resources the driver needs should be allocated
before the call to bus_dmamap_load(). wait/nowait is passed to
bus_dmamap_load() because it may need to allocate e.g. a bounce buffer.
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