RE: [PATCH v7 1/2] Documentation: DT: dma: Add Xilinx zynqmp dma device tree binding documentation

From: Appana Durga Kedareswara Rao
Date: Wed Apr 27 2016 - 03:33:35 EST


Hi Lars,

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] Documentation: DT: dma: Add Xilinx zynqmp dma
> device tree binding documentation
>
> On 04/27/2016 09:05 AM, Kedareswara rao Appana wrote:
> [...]
> > +- xlnx,include-sg : Indicates the controller to operate in simple or
> > + scatter gather dma mode
> > +- xlnx,ratectrl : Scheduling interval in terms of clock cycles for
> > + source AXI transaction
> > +- xlnx,overfetch : Tells whether the channel is allowed to over
> > + fetch the data
> > +- xlnx,src-issue : Number of AXI outstanding transactions on source
> side
> > +- xlnx,src-burst-len : AXI length for data read. Support only power of
> > + 2 byte values.
> > +- xlnx,dst-burst-len : AXI length for data write. Support only power of
>
> These are all software runtime configuration parameters that you'd want to
> change at runtime depending on which peripheral you are targeting with a
> specific DMA transfer. These really do not belong into the devicetree.

You mean to have a separate config structure in the driver and handle the above parameters
Through that structure???

I understand that above will work for slave dma transfer types what about memory to memory
Transfers where we don't have provision to the use this parameters...

Regards,
Kedar.