Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] dma: move dw_dmac driver to an own directory

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Jun 12 2013 - 05:07:33 EST


On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 02:23:39PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
>> On 12 June 2013 13:42, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Never mind, am applying your patches and below fix, let me if you guys are okay
>>
>> I am not :)

I

>>
>> > diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/dw/Kconfig
>> > index db2b41f..7be1cf8 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/dma/dw/Kconfig
>> > +++ b/drivers/dma/dw/Kconfig
>> > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config DW_DMAC_CORE
>> > config DW_DMAC
>> > tristate "Synopsys DesignWare AHB DMA platform driver"
>> > select DW_DMAC_CORE
>> > + select DW_DMAC_BIG_ENDIAN_IO if ARCH=AVR32
>> > default y if CPU_AT32AP7000
>> > help
>> > Support the Synopsys DesignWare AHB DMA controller. This
>> > @@ -25,12 +26,4 @@ config DW_DMAC_PCI
>> > Intel Medfield has integrated this GPDMA controller.
>> >
>> > config DW_DMAC_BIG_ENDIAN_IO
>> > - bool "Use big endian I/O register access"
>> > - default y if AVR32
>> > - depends on DW_DMAC_CORE
>> > - help
>> > - Say yes here to use big endian I/O access when reading and writing
>> > - to the DMA controller registers. This is needed on some platforms,
>> > - like the Atmel AVR32 architecture.
>>
>> This information was useful to understand this config option and must
>> be kept in some way.
> Well now the config option is not selected by users, so they dont need to know.
> It was useful in knowing what to select earlier
>
> For documenting, we can add this in commit log or better in driver code where
> you use this

The driver is better place if you decide to move it (drivers/dma/dw/regs.h).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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