Re: [PATCH v7 01/10] ARM: davinci: move private EDMA API to arm/common

[Cyril Chemparathy]

On 02/05/2013 07:41 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 04:54:45PM -0500, Cyril Chemparathy wrote:
> > You're assuming that cookies complete in order.  That is not necessarily
> > true.
>
> Under what circumstances is that not true?

Notably when hardware can prioritize certain classes of traffic over 
others, for instance with data center bridging mechanisms.
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