> I would suggest something like:
>
> void *
> dev_alloc_consistent(struct device * dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t * dma_handle);
>
> and moving dma_mask to struct device.
>
> To handle differences in arch-specific implementations, we could have a
> callback that the generic code calls.
>
> Implementing the generic code is ~5 minutes work. However, it will break
> everything. OTOH, it would be the best motivation for modernizing these
> drivers...
Certainly sounds reasonable. I'd guess it's trivial enough to provide
wrappers for pci_alloc_consistent(), pci_set_dma_mask() etc., so I don't
see why everything would break?
--Kai
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