From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261247AbVFORqD (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:46:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261248AbVFORqD (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:46:03 -0400 Received: from loopy.telegraphics.com.au ([202.45.126.152]:34519 "EHLO loopy.telegraphics.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261233AbVFORp4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:45:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 03:45:54 +1000 (EST) From: Finn Thain To: Ralf Baechle Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Jeff Garzik , Linux/m68k , Linux/m68k on Mac , Linux MIPS , Linux kernel , Thomas Bogendoerfer Subject: Re: [PATCH] Jazzsonic driver updates In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200503070210.j272ARii023023@hera.kernel.org> <20050323100139.GB8813@linux-mips.org> <20050615114158.GA9411@linux-mips.org> <20050615142717.GD9411@linux-mips.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, I wrote: > ... the chip then decides where in that area the recieved packet gets > buffered ... and that is why I was asking for an alternative to > vdma_log2phys... But I forgot that it is possible to have the sonic chip store no more than one packet in each buffer before moving to the next one in the ring (though this isn't the case at present). So, as you say, vdma_log2phys isn't really required. -f