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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-08 15:07:49 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-12-08 15:07:49 +0100 |
commit | aa9c9b8c584a42a094202b7e0f63497e888f86a7 (patch) | |
tree | 3cb3b022054a7c1722657288518f495e0c4d9983 /Documentation/DMA-API.txt | |
parent | 87f7606591aea6a8a38ea4c8911b5eeeee2740b8 (diff) | |
parent | 218d11a8b071b23b76c484fd5f72a4fe3306801e (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/quirks
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt index b8e86460046..b462bb14954 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. |