X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FDMA-attributes.txt;h=b768cc0e402b8e6f1cfa8ae0b0f23c4e1c50168a;hb=9183482f5d4a2de00f66641b974e7f351d41b675;hp=6d772f84b477c9f5a4698e87d50fb63649af83d3;hpb=ccc751841567816532874afcaeb449dbf6ca7d3a;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt index 6d772f84b47..b768cc0e402 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt @@ -22,3 +22,12 @@ ready and available in memory. The DMA of the "completion indication" could race with data DMA. Mapping the memory used for completion indications with DMA_ATTR_WRITE_BARRIER would prevent the race. +DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING +---------------------- + +DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING specifies that reads and writes to the mapping +may be weakly ordered, that is that reads and writes may pass each other. + +Since it is optional for platforms to implement DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING, +those that do not will simply ignore the attribute and exhibit default +behavior.