X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FDMA-API.txt;h=2c1bd6a83fafc6ba92eb0077af83f4e9dac3b1e7;hb=f9296eb00ed30209424102d3c920e69617eea853;hp=11caa2d64c013b405bd56f3a44382a656e62da47;hpb=a91482bdcc2e0f6035702e46f1b99043a0893346;p=linux-2.6.git diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt index 11caa2d64..2c1bd6a83 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt @@ -162,20 +162,6 @@ parameters if it is. Returns: 1 if successful and 0 if not -u64 -dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev) - -After setting the mask with dma_set_mask(), this API returns the -actual mask (within that already set) that the platform actually -requires to operate efficiently. Usually this means the returned mask -is the minimum required to cover all of memory. Examining the -required mask gives drivers with variable descriptor sizes the -opportunity to use smaller descriptors as necessary. - -Requesting the required mask does not alter the current mask. If you -wish to take advantage of it, you should issue another dma_set_mask() -call to lower the mask again. - Part Id - Streaming DMA mappings --------------------------------