Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / DMA-API-HOWTO.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
index d568bc2..a0b6250 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
@@ -613,13 +613,13 @@ to use the dma_sync_*() interfaces.
                                pass_to_upper_layers(cp->rx_buf);
                                make_and_setup_new_rx_buf(cp);
                        } else {
-                               /* Just sync the buffer and give it back
-                                * to the card.
+                               /* CPU should not write to
+                                * DMA_FROM_DEVICE-mapped area,
+                                * so dma_sync_single_for_device() is
+                                * not needed here. It would be required
+                                * for DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL mapping if
+                                * the memory was modified.
                                 */
-                               dma_sync_single_for_device(&cp->dev,
-                                                          cp->rx_dma,
-                                                          cp->rx_len,
-                                                          DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
                                give_rx_buf_to_card(cp);
                        }
                }