Re: [RFC] generic device DMA implementation

[Jeff Garzik]

Adam J. Richter wrote:
> On 2002-12-04, James Bottomley wrote:
> 
> 
>>Now that we have the generic device model, it should be equally possible to 
>>rephrase the entire [DMA] API for generic devices instead of pci_devs.
> 
> 
> 	Yes.  This issue has come up repeatedly.  I'd really like to
> see a change like yours integrated soon to stop the spread of fake PCI
> devices (including the pcidev==NULL convention) and other contortions
> being used to work around this.  Also, such a change would enable
> consolidation of certain memory allocations and their often buggy
> error branches from hundred of drivers into a few places.

Agreed.  I'm glad James is doing this work, it will clean up a lot of 
assumptions and corner-case-uglies...

	Jeff