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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-16 20:57:41 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-16 20:57:41 +0100
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@@ -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.