Re: [PATCH] dma: sun4i: expose block size and wait cycle configuration to DMA users

[Maxime Ripard]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 08:25:47AM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 09:30:24PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 04:08:57PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > Hi Vinod,
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 20:24:29 +0530
> > > Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 10:59:31AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > > > +/* Dedicated DMA parameter register layout */
> > > > > +#define SUN4I_DDMA_PARA_DST_DATA_BLK_SIZE(n)	(((n) - 1) << 24)
> > > > > +#define SUN4I_DDMA_PARA_DST_WAIT_CYCLES(n)	(((n) - 1) << 16)
> > > > > +#define SUN4I_DDMA_PARA_SRC_DATA_BLK_SIZE(n)	(((n) - 1) << 8)
> > > > > +#define SUN4I_DDMA_PARA_SRC_WAIT_CYCLES(n)	(((n) - 1) << 0)
> > > > > +
> > > > > +/**
> > > > > + * struct sun4i_dma_chan_config - DMA channel config
> > > > > + *
> > > > > + * @para: contains information about block size and time before checking
> > > > > + *	  DRQ line. This is device specific and only applicable to dedicated
> > > > > + *	  DMA channels
> > > > 
> > > > What information, can you elobrate.. And why can't you use existing
> > > > dma_slave_config for this?
> > > 
> > > Block size is related to the device FIFO size. I guess it allows the
> > > DMA channel to launch a transfer of X bytes without having to check the
> > > DRQ line (the line telling the DMA engine it can transfer more data
> > > to/from the device). The wait cycles information is apparently related
> > > to the number of clks the engine should wait before polling/checking
> > > the DRQ line status between each block transfer. I'm not sure what it
> > > saves to put WAIT_CYCLES() to something != 1, but in their BSP,
> > > Allwinner tweak that depending on the device.
> 
> we already have block size aka src/dst_maxburst, why not use that one.

I'm not sure it's really the same thing. The DMA controller also has a
burst parameter, that is either 1 byte or 8 bytes, and ends up being
different from this one.

> Why does dmaengine need to wait? Can you explain that

We have no idea, we thought you might have one :)

It doesn't really makes sense to us, but it does have a significant
impact on the throughput.

Maxime

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