Re: [PATCH] dma: xilinx: Make Xilinx VDMA support ARC

[Vinod Koul]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 09:55:59AM +0000, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
> Hi Mike
> 
> On 3/9/2017 7:37 AM, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> > On 06-03-17 13:27, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
> >> Add option in Kconfig to use Xilinx VDMA in ARC processors.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ramiro Oliveira <roliveir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/dma/Kconfig | 2 +-
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/dma/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
> >> index 263495d0adbd..b6b6c0581ad7 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/dma/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
> >> @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ config XGENE_DMA
> >>
> >>  config XILINX_DMA
> >>      tristate "Xilinx AXI DMAS Engine"
> >> -    depends on (ARCH_ZYNQ || MICROBLAZE || ARM64)
> >> +    depends on (ARCH_ZYNQ || MICROBLAZE || ARM64|| ARC)
> > 
> > One can put a Xilinx FPGA on a PCIe card, instantiate a PCIe-AXI bridge and then
> > use it on any platform that supports PCIe.
> > 
> > I've had to remove this line in order to be able to use the engine on an x86
> > desktop.
> > 
> > How about plainly removing this "depends on" line and be done with it, instead
> > of adding platforms one by one?
> > 
> > 
> 
> I agree with you. From my point of view it would be better to remove this line
> entirely. I'm just not sure if everyone agrees.

if it works on others, compiles fine then there should not be an issue to
remove.

Feel free to send the patch.

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~Vinod