[PATCH 1/5] dmaengine: dw_dmac: move to generic DMA binding

Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar at linaro.org
Tue Jan 29 05:49:14 EST 2013


On 29 January 2013 16:05, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 January 2013, Viresh Kumar wrote:

>> Shouldn't this be 4? Would be better to mention what fields are these,
>> right here. I have seen them below though.
>
> Correct. I changed these a couple of times while trying to understand
> what the fields are, and I missed this instance. I'm still not sure
> whether we actually need all four fields, or what the simplest format
> for them would be. This just mirrors what you had in your binding.

You can add request_line number and leave first two fields, cfghi and lo.

>> > +       /* FIXME: memory leak! could we put this into dw_dma_chan? */
>> > +       sd = devm_kzalloc(dw->dma.dev, sizeof (*sd), GFP_KERNEL);
>>
>> Yes.
>
> Yes it can be in dw_dma_chan or yes it is a memory leak?

Yes it can be in dw_dma_chan :)

>> > +       if (dma_spec->args_count != 4)
>>
>> args_count contains count of all params leaving the phandle?
>
> That was my interpretation from reading the code, but I have not tried it.

Okay, it was just a question from my side :)

>> > +       /* FIXME: This binding is rather clumsy. Can't we use the
>> > +          request line numbers here instead? */
>>
>> yes.
>
> Ok, Very good. What is the encoding of the registers then?

You can still keep fargs as is and just fill them as:

       fargs.cfg_lo = 0;

if (DMA_TO_DEV)
       // dest is periph
       fargs.cfg_hi = be32_to_cpup(dma_spec->args+0) << 11;
else if (DEV_TO_DMA)
       // src is periph
       fargs.cfg_hi = be32_to_cpup(dma_spec->args+0) << 7;

The field size is 4 bits.

> Thanks a lot for the input. When I fix the above, are actually able
> to test the changes, or have you lost access to the hardware when
> leaving ST?

I don't have any sort of access for testing these :(
But, Vipul might try these at his end.



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