At Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:24:35 -0600,
Timur Tabi wrote:
> 
> >> +static int fsl_dma_new(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_soc_codec_dai 
> >> *dai,
> >> +  struct snd_pcm *pcm)
> >> +{
> >> +  static u64 fsl_dma_dmamask = 0xffffffff;
> >> +  int ret;
> >> +
> >> +  if (!card->dev->dma_mask)
> >> +          card->dev->dma_mask = &fsl_dma_dmamask;
> > 
> > I haven't read how your channel allocation works, but providing a
> > pointer to a local static variable is a bit fishy no matter what.
> 
> I just copied this code from another module.  All the ALSA drivers do this, 

All?  No, only a few...
For PCI, usually pci_set_dma_mask() and pci_set_consistent_dma_mask()
are used, of course.


Takashi
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