Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the ReStructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Halil Pasic
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Introduce dma32_t and dma64_t bitwise types, which are supposed to be used for 31 and 64 bit DMA capable addresses. This allows to use sparse (make C=1) for type checking, so that incorrect usages can be easily found. Also add a couple of helper functions which - convert virtual to DMA addresses and vice versa - allow for simple logical and arithmetic operations on DMA addresses - convert DMA addresses to plain u32 and u64 values All helper functions exist to avoid excessive casting in C code. Signed-off-by:Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com> Co-developed-by:
Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by:
Steffen Maier <maier@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: