Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] dmaengine: at_hdmac: new driver for the AtmelAHB DMA Controller

From: Nicolas Ferre
Date: Fri Jul 17 2009 - 06:38:43 EST


Nicolas Ferre :
> This AHB DMA Controller (aka HDMA or DMAC on AT91 systems) is availlable on
> at91sam9rl chip. It will be used on other products in the future.
>
> This first release covers only the memory-to-memory tranfer type. This is the
> only tranfer type supported by this chip. On other products, it will be used
> also for peripheral DMA transfer (slave API support to come).
>
> I used dmatest client without problem in different configurations to test it.
>
> Full documentation for this controller can be found in the SAM9RL datasheet:
> http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=4243
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2 is here:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/104
>
> v2 -> v3:
> - initial number of descriptors to allocate for each channel raised to 64 and
> is now a parameter
> - ack-bit in descriptor flag comment synchronized with TXx9 dma driver
> - atc_desc_get() when short on descriptors in pool: create one at a time
> - allocation flag changed to GFP_ATOMIC in atc_desc_get()
> - call to proper funtion while unmapping: use of new
> DMA_COMPL_{SRC,DEST}_UNMAP_SINGLE flags
> - call dma_run_dependencies() at the end of atc_chain_complete()

Dan, Maciej: Ping ?

I have a "slave" support on top of this patch and would like the initial
work to be accepted before going further...

Thanks, Bye,
--
Nicolas Ferre

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