Re: [PATCH v1 17/43] dt-bindings: spi: Add Cirrus EP93xx

[Mark Brown]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 03:41:54PM +0300, Nikita Shubin wrote:
> Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 08:34:08AM +0300, Nikita Shubin wrote:

> > > +  cirrus,ep9301-use-dma:
> > > +    description: Flag indicating that the SPI should use dma
> > > +    type: boolean  

> > My previous feedback on this property still applies.

> > > +  cirrus,ep9301-use-dma:

> The reason is that ep93xx DMA state is not quite device-tree ready at
> this moment, and clients use it with the help of:

> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.4-rc4/source/include/linux/platform_data/dma-ep93xx.h

> I was hoping to slip by without changing much in ep93xx DMA driver, so

You're definign new ABI here, that's not a good thing to do for a
temporary workaround.

> I can move "use-dma" to module parameters, if this is acceptable.

That's less bad.  I guess you could also define the bindings for the DMA
controller so that the properties are there then instead of properly
using the DMA API in the clients just check to see if the DMA properties
are present and then proceed accordingly?

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