Re: [PATCH v2] dmaengine: sh: Remove R-Mobile APE6 support

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Vinod,

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 3:25 PM Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 29-11-18, 12:18, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Renesas R-Mobile APE6 support is currently unused:
> >   - DMA slaves were never enabled in r8a73a4.dtsi,
> >   - The driver relies on legacy filter matching and describing all
> >     slaves and MID/RIDs in a table, unlike modern DMA engine drivers for
> >     similar hardware like rcar-dmac,
> >   - The driver doesn't seem to work well.
> >
> > Remove the driver, it can be resurrected from git history when needed.
> >
> > As this was the last user of SH_DMAE_BASE on Renesas ARM SoCs, the
> > sh-dma-engine driver core is now used on SuperH only.
> >
> > Note that the DT bindings are still present, as r8a73a4.dtsi uses them.
>
> Sorry but this doesnt apply for me, can you please rebase on topic/sh
> and resend.

Sorry, will rebase and resend.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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