RE: [PATCH 01/11] dmaengine: add context parametertoprep_slave_sgand prep_dma_cyclic

[Vinod Koul]

On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 09:02 -0800, Bounine, Alexandre wrote:
> 
> What if we introduce another dma_transaction_type like DMA_SLAVE_EXT
> (extended?).
> In this case all devices that adhere to the generic SLAVE interface
> still be
> registered as DMA_SLAVE and those that do not follow generic route use
> DMA_SLAVE_EXT. 
that way it would be channel specific not transaction specific as you
had asked for...?

Again, how does this solve problem of passing parameters while
preventing abuse...

-- 
~Vinod

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