Re: [PATCH/RFC] dmaengine: add a slave parameter to__dma_request_channel()

[Vinod Koul]

On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 13:20 +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> It can be made to work as long as there's only one DMAC group with 
> configurable channels and all other DMACs are dedicated to specific 
> peripherals, yes. I don't know whether there are already now or are 
> approaching any platforms with multiple reconfigurable groups. 
And that is what I am talking about.

Having specific channel mapping given by platform for all channels which
are to be used dedicated. And a pool of channels which can be used by
anyone (if they can be) on a platform.

Does this proposal sound good for others as well. I think we can target
this for next merge cycle, we are too late for the current one.

-- 
~Vinod

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