Re: [RESEND PATCH V12 XDMA 1/2] dmaengine: xilinx: xdma: Add xilinx xdma driver

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Feb 21 2023 - 16:06:21 EST


Hi Martin,

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 9:45 PM Martin Tůma <tumic@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 21. 02. 23 14:25, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > No platform dependencies at all, while this is a platform driver that
> > relies on some other not-yet-existing driver creating an "xdma"
> > platform device?
>
> There is at least one "already-existing" driver based on this driver
> that is waiting in the v4l2 queue for xdma - our MGB4 driver:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-media/patch/20230207150119.5542-2-tumic@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks for the link!

As VIDEO_MGB4 selects XILINX_XDMA, perhaps XILINX_XDMA
can be made invisible, unless compile-testing?

config XILINX_XDMA
tristate "Xilinx DMA/Bridge Subsystem DMA Engine" if COMPILE_TEST

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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