Re: [PATCH 4/5] dmaengine: ste_dma40: Do not configure channels during an channel allocation

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Apr 09 2013 - 05:36:19 EST

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On Tuesday 09 April 2013, Lee Jones wrote:
> According to the DMA documentation allocating a channel and configuring
> it are two separate actions. By removing the configuration code from the
> channel allocation path we lighten the burden on the information required to
> successfully allocate a channel.

Did you send out the first version again? The text is the same as before.

Arnd
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