RE: [PATCH v2 3/3] dmaengine: tegra: Add support for dma-channel-mask

[Akhil R]

> On 19/09/2022 12:25, Akhil R wrote:
> > Add support for dma-channel-mask so that only the specified channels
> > are used. This helps to reserve some channels for the firmware.
> >
> > This was initially achieved by limiting the channel number to 31 in
> > the driver and adjusting the register address to skip channel0 which
> > was reserved for a firmware. Now, with this change, the driver can
> > align more to the actual hardware which has 32 channels.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Akhil R <akhilrajeev@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/dma/tegra186-gpc-dma.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >   1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/dma/tegra186-gpc-dma.c b/drivers/dma/tegra186-gpc-
> dma.c
> > index fa9bda4a2bc6..1d1180db6d4e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/dma/tegra186-gpc-dma.c
> > +++ b/drivers/dma/tegra186-gpc-dma.c
> > @@ -161,7 +161,10 @@
> >   #define TEGRA_GPCDMA_BURST_COMPLETION_TIMEOUT	5000 /* 5
> msec */
> >
> >   /* Channel base address offset from GPCDMA base address */
> > -#define TEGRA_GPCDMA_CHANNEL_BASE_ADD_OFFSET	0x20000
> > +#define TEGRA_GPCDMA_CHANNEL_BASE_ADDR_OFFSET	0x10000
> 
> Why did this value change? There is no mention in the commit message. If
> this was incorrect before, then this needs to be a separate patch and
> tagged with the appropriate fixes tag so that this can be picked up for
> stable.
This is mentioned in the commit message. 

"... and adjusting the register address to skip channel0 ..."

Probably it is not very clear that it directs to this change. Shall I update the
commit message to have a clearer context?

Regards,
Akhil