Re: [PATCH 1/3] ata: sata_dwc_460ex: use "dmas" DT property to find dma channel

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, 2016-01-07 at 18:32 +0000, MÃns RullgÃrd wrote:

> Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 2016-01-06 at 19:36 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > >Â
> > So, MÃns, Julian, I just have published my repository containing
> > MÃns'
> > and my patches regarding dw_dmac and sata_dwc_460ex drivers here
> > 
> > https://bitbucket.org/andy-shev/linux/branch/topic%2Fdw%2Fnext
> 
> I've picked out the relevant changes from your branch and made some
> additional improvements.ÂÂA few notes:
> 
> - The __be32/__le32 typedefs for the DMA descriptor fields are
> necessary
> Â to avoid a million sparse warnings (and sparse is correct to warn).

Hmmâ Which version of sparse are you using? I always run builds with
sparse enabled and didn't see anything.

> - Using #ifdef CONFIG_AVR32 is a step back, IMO, since this driver
> may
> Â well be used on another big endian system some day.ÂÂThe Kconfig
> logic
> Â for selecting this option could perhaps be improved though.

Maybe runtime chosen accessors will be better than ifdefs?
I don't like the Kconfig option which limits application of the
(compiled) driver.

> 
> Tested on AVR32 (DMA driver) and Sigma SMP8642 (SATA driver).
> 
> Code here:
> https://bitbucket.org/mansr/linux-dwc/branch/dwc-sata

Thanks for testing!

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Intel Finland Oy