[PATCH 31/47] ARM: dts: r8a7794: Reference both DMA controllers in SCIFA nodes

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Wed Apr 13 12:55:14 PDT 2016


Hi Olof,

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Olof Johansson <olof at lixom.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Simon Horman <horms+renesas at verge.net.au> wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794.dtsi
>> index eacb2b291361..4256557ca041 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794.dtsi
>> @@ -296,8 +296,9 @@
>>                 interrupts = <GIC_SPI 144 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>>                 clocks = <&mstp2_clks R8A7794_CLK_SCIFA0>;
>>                 clock-names = "fck";
>> -               dmas = <&dmac0 0x21>, <&dmac0 0x22>;
>> -               dma-names = "tx", "rx";
>> +               dmas = <&dmac0 0x21>, <&dmac0 0x22>,
>> +                      <&dmac1 0x21>, <&dmac1 0x22>;
>> +               dma-names = "tx", "rx", "tx", "rx";
>>                 power-domains = <&cpg_clocks>;
>>                 status = "disabled";
>>         };
>
> The names are no longer unique. So a get_<foo>_by_name() function no
> longer can work as expected.

That's intentional, and a relic of how dma_request_slave_channel_compat()
works: if e.g. the first "tx" channel can't be gotten (e.g. because
the referenced
DMAC instance ran out of channels), it will try the next one.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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