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

[Appana Durga Kedareswara Rao]

Hi Lars,

	Thanks for the review...

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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 09:33 AM, Appana Durga Kedareswara Rao wrote:
> > 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...
> 
> These parameters are just as application specific as e.g. the DMA
> source/destination address or the DMA transfer length. If you want to use the
> DMA controller in a different configuration you'd have to re-compile the DTB
> and reboot your board, that is not really practical. Especially considering that
> you'd typically have multiple applications using the DMA controller in different
> configurations concurrently. In general if I have to reconfigure the DT depending
> on what application software is running something is fundamentally broken.
> 
> Derive these parameters at runtime depending on the requested transfer. E.g.
> some transfer types only work in SG mode, others only work in non-SG modes.
> For those which can work in both modes choose the one that is more efficient.
> Similar for the other parameters.

Ok will fix in the next version...
Will use module_params for the above properties.

Regards,
Kedar.

> 
> - Lars