[PATCH v3 6/7] spi: imx: return error from dma channel request

Anton Bondarenko anton.bondarenko.sama at gmail.com
Sat Nov 14 02:03:41 PST 2015



On 05.11.2015 17:00, Anton Bondarenko wrote:
> On 05.11.2015 09:56, Sascha Hauer wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 03:41:40PM +0100, Anton Bondarenko wrote:
>>> From: Anton Bondarenko <anton_bondarenko at mentor.com>
>>>
>>> On SDMA initialization return exactly the same error, which is
>>> reported by dma_request_slave_channel_reason(), it is a preceding
>>> change to defer SPI DMA initialization, if SDMA module is not yet
>>> available.
>>
>> Maybe something like: "fix probe deferral when dmaengine is not yet
>> available" in the subject line will better express that this is a patch
>> that should be applied ASAP. Also you can move this up to the front of
>> the series when resending.
>>
>> Sascha
>>
>
> This patch itself does not implement deferral for spi-imx if dmaengine
> not ready. The patch targets 2 things: give a bit more detailed error
> information of SPI dma slave channel initialization error and provide a
> basis for the next patch ([PATCH v3 7/7] spi: imx: defer spi
> initialization, if DMA engine is pending).
>
> Regards, Anton

Does anyone has other comments regarding this commit?

Regards, Anton



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