Re: [RFC] pci_dma_set_mask()

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:26:10 -0500


Zach Brown wrote:
> +int
> +pci_set_dma_mask(struct pci_dev *dev, dma_addr_t mask)
> +{
> + if(! pci_dma_supported(dev, mask))
> + return 0;
> +
> + dev->dma_mask = mask;
> +
> + return 1;
> +}

pci_dma_supported has a boolean return, but the kernel norm is to return
zero on success, and -EFOO on error. I like your proposal with the
extremely minor nit that I think pci_set_dma_mask should return ENODEV
or EIO or something on error, and zero on success.

Jeff

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