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@@ -345,12 +345,12 @@ where to put them)
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that abstracts it away.
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* DMA_CTRL_ACK
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- - If set, the transfer can be reused after being completed.
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- - There is a guarantee the transfer won't be freed until it is acked
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- by async_tx_ack().
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- - As a consequence, if a device driver wants to skip the dma_map_sg() and
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- dma_unmap_sg() in between 2 transfers, because the DMA'd data wasn't used,
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- it can resubmit the transfer right after its completion.
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+ - If clear, the descriptor cannot be reused by provider until the
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+ client acknowledges receipt, i.e. has has a chance to establish any
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+ dependency chains
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+ - This can be acked by invoking async_tx_ack()
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+ - If set, does not mean descriptor can be reused
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General Design Notes
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