Re: Q: natsemi.c spinlocks

[Jeff Garzik]

Manfred wrote:
> 
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > start_tx()
> > {
> 
> Yes, I overlooked start_tx.
> 
> Hmm. start_tx also assumes that the cpu commits writes in order, I'm
> sure the driver is unreliable on RISC cpus.
> 
> Perhaps the driver should use pci_alloc_consistent and pci_map_single?

Eventually, all drivers which use PCI DMA of some sort -should- use
pci_alloc_consistent, etc.

	Jeff

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