[PATCHv7] dmaengine: Add support for BCM2835
Andy Shevchenko
andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Mon Nov 18 06:31:19 PST 2013
On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 13:16 +0100, Florian Meier wrote:
> Thank you! Few comments below.
See my answers below.
> >> +static enum dma_status bcm2835_dma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
> >> + dma_cookie_t cookie, struct dma_tx_state *txstate)
> >> +{
> >
> > []
> >
> >> + } else {
> >> + txstate->residue = 0;
> >
> > Useless assignment since dmaengine will do this for you in
> > dma_cookie_status.
>
> I agree that it is useless, but I think otherwise it might be concealed
> that there is a third case left that uses a residue of 0. Do you think a
> comment is better? E.g.:
>
> + } else {
> + /* residue = 0 per default */
I think like in many other DMA drivers either you have separate function
to get residue, which returns 0, or just not include this case.
> >> +static int bcm2835_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >> +{
> >> + uint32_t chans_available;
> >
> > Why uint32_t?
>
> Because it is a bit mask of fixed length that directly comes from the
> firmware.
Like one already told you in your i2s patch, please, change that to
corresponding u* value, namely u32.
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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy
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