[PATCH] imx: dma: remove SDMA_IS_MERGED

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Thu Nov 25 04:13:46 EST 2010


On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 07:42:31PM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> Hi Uwe,
> 
> 2010/11/24 Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>:
> ....
> > I usually prefer just using DEBUG_LL and put
> >
> >        #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
> >                void printch(char);
> >                printch(c);
> >        #endif
> >
> > into emit_log_char.  But I think that's only because I don't know how to
> > use early printk properly.  (You might need an additional kernel
> > parameter?!)
> 
> Thanks. I see that the kernel crashes at sdma_get_firmware.

This is a bug which should be fixed in this -rc cycle. Anyway, note
that I have a patch in my for-2.6.38 queue which makes the SDMA work
without a valid firmware. In this case only the scripts in ROM are used.

Sascha

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