[PATCH 08/25] ARM: shmobile: r8a7790: sound enables Audio DMAC peri peri entry on DTSI

[Kuninori Morimoto]

Hi Arnd, again

> > > This device has 10 sound channels, and using 3 kind of IPs.
> > > Then, data input/output needs DMA channel which needs specific ID to using.
> > > Above name has ID pair for it, so there is much combination. 
> > > These specific ID is based on SoC, not board.
> > > Sound driver / DMAEngine can get specific ID from above.
> > > 
> > > Indeed binding itself was not documented yet.
> > > I will add it ASAP.
> > 
> > It sounds like you have some device-to-device DMAs here, which isn't
> > supported by the generic dmaengine binding at all, and I don't think
> > the driver currently attempts to use them.
> > 
> > Is that correct? Could you try to remove those from the binding and
> > just leave the device-to-memory and memory-to-device channels there?
> > If we ever want to support those, we probably have to extend the
> > dmaengine binding first, and then the driver binding would also look
> > different.
> 
> It depends sound data path. basically, sound data goes memory-to-device
> or device-to-memory. but, it needs special IP if you want to use special effect.
> In such case, sound data path will be memory-to-device-to-device, or device-to-device-to-memory.
> This path based on board, and, our reference board is using above path.

memory-to-device-to-device case, it is indeed using memory-to-device and device-to-device.
But, DMAEngine point of view, above device-to-device interface/style is same as memory-to-device.
memory-to-device case needs ID + "memory address"   + "register address".
device-to-device case needs ID + "register address" + "register address".
It is implemented in ${LINUX}/drivers/dma/sh/rcar-audmapp.c,
and used from ${LINUX}/sound/soc/sh/rcar/core.c with generic dmaengine interface/binding.


Best regards
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Kuninori Morimoto