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doc: fix an incorrect suggestion to pass NULL for PCI like buses

Fix an incorrect suggestion to pass NULL to pci_alloc_consistent
for PCI like buses where devices don't have struct pci_dev (like ISA, EISA).

Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com>
Acked-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@hobbes.lan>
Matti Linnanvuori 17 years ago
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      Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt

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Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt

@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ you should do:
 
 
 	cpu_addr = pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, size, &dma_handle);
 	cpu_addr = pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, size, &dma_handle);
 
 
-where pdev is a struct pci_dev *. You should pass NULL for PCI like buses
-where devices don't have struct pci_dev (like ISA, EISA).  This may be
-called in interrupt context. 
+where pdev is a struct pci_dev *. This may be called in interrupt context.
+You should use dma_alloc_coherent (see DMA-API.txt) for buses
+where devices don't have struct pci_dev (like ISA, EISA).
 
 
 This argument is needed because the DMA translations may be bus
 This argument is needed because the DMA translations may be bus
 specific (and often is private to the bus which the device is attached
 specific (and often is private to the bus which the device is attached