question about dma-ranges

Timur Tabi timur at freescale.com
Thu Oct 28 06:47:37 EST 2010


Scott Wood wrote:
> Or can the QE code just know about that because it only has 32-bit
> registers/descriptor fields for DMA addresses?  I.e. it is a limitation
> of all instances of QE, not just as integrated in this system.

It's a limitation of the QE registers -- they're only 32-bit.  If we ever
produce a new QE that has bigger registers, we can use the compatible property
to distinguish between them.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale



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