Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6d4f5879b6f4da50bde94e1cae73755978ed048f Commit: 6d4f5879b6f4da50bde94e1cae73755978ed048f Parent: e593f070b40887dc0415646a4c0720eb8630c722 Author: Haavard Skinnemoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AuthorDate: Wed Nov 28 16:21:43 2007 -0800 Committer: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CommitDate: Thu Nov 29 09:24:53 2007 -0800
dmaengine: correct invalid assumptions in the Kconfig text This patch corrects recently changed (and now invalid) Kconfig descriptions for the DMA engine framework: - Non-Intel(R) hardware also has DMA engines; - DMA is used for more than memcpy and RAID offloading. In fact, on most platforms memcpy and RAID aren't factors, and DMA exists so that peripherals can transfer data to/from memory while the CPU does other work. Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/dma/Kconfig | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/Kconfig index 6a7d25f..c46b7c2 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/dma/Kconfig @@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ # menuconfig DMADEVICES - bool "DMA Offload Engine support" + bool "DMA Engine support" depends on (PCI && X86) || ARCH_IOP32X || ARCH_IOP33X || ARCH_IOP13XX help - Intel(R) offload engines enable offloading memory copies in the - network stack and RAID operations in the MD driver. + DMA engines can do asynchronous data transfers without + involving the host CPU. Currently, this framework can be + used to offload memory copies in the network stack and + RAID operations in the MD driver. if DMADEVICES - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git-commits-head" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html