[PATCH v5 1/3] ARM: add CPPI 4.1 DMA support

Sergei Shtylyov sshtylyov at mvista.com
Tue Sep 28 06:13:19 EDT 2010


Hello.

On 28-09-2010 13:13, Linus Walleij wrote:

>> Add support for Texas Instuments Communication Port Programming Interface 4.1
>> (CPPI 4.1) used on OMAP-L1x/DA8xx and AM35x.

> Sorry for late feedback ...

>> +++ linux-davinci/arch/arm/common/cppi41.c

> Can you migrate this driver to drivers/dma/cppi41.c and use the
> DMAengine interface like so many DMA drivers we have created
> recently, or is there some very special characteristics about this
> DMA controller meriting it to be placed in arch/arm/*?

    I have once studied the possibility of doing this driver under 
drivers/dma/, and found that hardly achievable. Maybe I should try again though...

> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

WBR, Sergei



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