Re: [PATCH RESEND] move swiotlb.h header file to asm-generic

On Monday 30 January 2006 10:44, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> This patch:
> 
> - creates asm-generic/swiotlb.h
> - makes it use 'enum dma_data_direction dir' rather than 'int dir'
> - updates x86-64 and IA64 to use the common swiotlb.h
> - fixes the resulting fall out (s/int dir/enum dma_data_direction dir/
>   all over the place).

Al Viro will likely flame you badly for that enum change. Apparently it 
causes some trouble in sparse. Frankly i don't see the point neither.
It just makes the code harder to read and creates a monstrosity of a patch 
and doesn't give you anything.

-Andi

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