1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h b/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
index 55eb4dc3253d..666617711c81 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
  * uncached, unwrite-buffered mapped memory space for use with DMA
  * devices.  This is the "generic" version.  The PCI specific version
  * is in pci.h
+ *
+ * Note: Drivers should NOT use this function directly, as it will break
+ * platforms with CONFIG_DMABOUNCE.
+ * Use the driver DMA support - see dma-mapping.h (dma_sync_*)
  */
 extern void consistent_sync(void *kaddr, size_t size, int rw);