Re: FW: Fwd: [RFC PATCH] mmc: mmci: Add qcom dml support to the driver.

[Prakash Burla]

tested-by: Prakash Burla <prakash.burla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This driver is tested on IFC6410.

>
> From: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 5:18 PM
> Subject: [RFC PATCH] mmc: mmci: Add qcom dml support to the driver.
> To: linux-mmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Ball
> <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>, Russell King
> <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Srinivas
> Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> On Qualcomm APQ8064 SOCs, SD card controller has an additional glue
> called DML (Data Mover Local/Lite) to assist dma transfers.
> This hardware needs to be setup before any dma transfer is requested.
> DML itself is not a DMA engine, its just a gule between the SD card
> controller and dma controller.
>
> Most of this code has been ported from qualcomm's 3.4 kernel.
>
> This patch adds the code necessary to intialize the hardware and setup
> before doing any dma transfers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Hi All,
>
> DMA support for Qualcomm SD card controller is missing in my last patchset, the
> reason to post this patch separately is because of the unusual glue logic
> between card controller and the dma-controller. This glue logic is called DML
> (Data mover local/lite).
>
> DML assists dma transfers between sd card controller and dma-controller. As this
> DML gule is part of SD controller IP and needs configuring for every transfer,
> So I thought of keeping it close to driver in drivers/mmc/ directory is more
> usefull, than trying to find a infrastructure to fit it. DML itself is not a DMA
> controller but an logic present on SD card controller and it resides in SD card
> controller IP.
>
> I would like to get your opnion on overall correctness of the approch.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> srini
>
>
>  drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig    |  11 +++
>  drivers/mmc/host/Makefile   |   1 +
>  drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c     |  19 ++++-
>  drivers/mmc/host/qcom_dml.c | 171 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/mmc/host/qcom_dml.h |  17 +++++
>  5 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/mmc/host/qcom_dml.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/mmc/host/qcom_dml.h
>
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