Re: 64-bit DMA problems with BCM4312 using b43

From: Michael Buesch
Date: Fri Nov 13 2009 - 15:44:35 EST


On Friday 13 November 2009 21:11:12 Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:21:18AM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
>
> > I do not know enough about either the ACPI or DMA code to begin debugging in
> > either of those regions. Any suggestions on debugging strategies, or links to
> > similar problems would be appreciated.
>
> Could the hardware be highly sensitive to DMA latencies? Take a look at
> the pm_qos code in ipw2100.

This makes perfect sense, yes. The DMA engine has so many quirks, I wouldn't be
surprised if it couldn't handle pm properly.

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Greetings, Michael.
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