Re: [PATCH 1/2] Generic per-device coherent dma allocator

From: Dmitry
Date: Tue Jul 08 2008 - 17:19:21 EST


2008/6/30 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>:
>
> * Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Currently x86_32, sh and cris-v32 provide per-device coherent dma
>> memory allocator. However their implementation is nearly identical.
>> Refactor out common code to be reused by them.
>
> looks good to me in principle.
>
> Andrew, Jesse: i've put this aside into the core/generic-dma-coherent
> git tree which you can check at:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git core/generic-dma-coherent
>
> there's some interaction with other x86 bits so i guess it would be best
> to carry this in -tip.
>
> Do the generic bits look good to you? (find the shortlog and diff below)
> It's not yet propagated into linux-next, pending your ack/nak and
> pending some test exposure.
>

I still don't see this in the linux-next. Is it simply a metter of
time? Can I expect
these two patches to be merged during 2.6.27 cycle?
--
With best wishes
Dmitry
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