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| author | Russell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk> | 2008-12-13 09:12:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2008-12-13 09:12:51 +0000 |
| commit | 72aaf09fda49f5919d98d65d35e5179f3acb0497 (patch) | |
| tree | 5fd25748f7f5640f8ee8efb86ddca88d12840791 /Documentation/DMA-API.txt | |
| parent | 67fbc2312312095acc2f19a0b601bac10f84cf9d (diff) | |
| parent | 58c2467355ed3154a12ee49d8f8236547145c9d3 (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.marvell.com/orion into devel
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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 @@ -316,12 +316,10 @@ reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later). pci_map_sg(struct pci_dev *hwdev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents, int direction) -Maps a scatter gather list from the block layer. - Returns: the number of physical segments mapped (this may be shorter -than <nents> passed in if the block layer determines that some -elements of the scatter/gather list are physically adjacent and thus -may be mapped with a single entry). +than <nents> passed in if some elements of the scatter/gather list are +physically or virtually adjacent and an IOMMU maps them with a single +entry). Please note that the sg cannot be mapped again if it has been mapped once. The mapping process is allowed to destroy information in the sg. |
