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index 6bdb095393b0..0fcb7561af1e 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
@@ -717,8 +717,8 @@ dma-api/num_errors The number in this file shows how many
dma-api/min_free_entries This read-only file can be read to get the
minimum number of free dma_debug_entries the
allocator has ever seen. If this value goes
- down to zero the code will disable itself
- because it is not longer reliable.
+ down to zero the code will attempt to increase
+ nr_total_entries to compensate.
dma-api/num_free_entries The current number of free dma_debug_entries
in the allocator.
@@ -745,10 +745,9 @@ driver filter at boot time. The debug code will only print errors for that
driver afterwards. This filter can be disabled or changed later using debugfs.
When the code disables itself at runtime this is most likely because it ran
-out of dma_debug_entries. These entries are preallocated at boot. The number
-of preallocated entries is defined per architecture. If it is too low for you
-boot with 'dma_debug_entries=<your_desired_number>' to overwrite the
-architectural default.
+out of dma_debug_entries and was unable to allocate more on-demand. 65536
+entries are preallocated at boot - if this is too low for you boot with
+'dma_debug_entries=<your_desired_number>' to overwrite the default.
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