Re: [PATCH 2/3] spi: spi-xilinx: Clear dma_mask for xilinx spi controller

[Michal Simek]

On 06/04/2013 07:36 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 04:02:35PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
>> From: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> mmc_spi driver tests if dma is available
>> through spi->master->dev.parent->dma_mask.
>> Microblaze supports DMA but xilinx_spi IP doesn't.
>> That's why clear dma_mask in the driver.
> 
>> +	/* clear the dma_mask, to try to disable use of dma */
>> +	master->dev.dma_mask = 0;
>> +
> 
> This looks like a bodge in the wrong place.  Either the device
> registration is incorrect in that it advertises DMA when none is
> available or the SPI driver ought to be offering the MMC driver a more
> sensible way of advertising this limitation.  My first thought is the
> former but I didn't check where dma_mask is getting set.

I have looked at history of this change and we have done it 3 years ago
based on one custom configuration.

It is shame that I don't have hw to test this but there was
something wrong in connection to mmc_spi.c.
I will try to find out hw for this to test but probably
won't be available. :-( And I will just revert this change in my tree.

Thanks,
Michal

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