Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: add channel device name to channel registration

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Thu Dec 21 2023 - 12:19:44 EST


On 21-12-23, 18:11, Amelie Delaunay wrote:
> Hi Vinod,
>
> On 12/21/23 17:13, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On 13-12-23, 18:40, Amelie Delaunay wrote:
> > > Channel device name is used for sysfs, but also by dmatest filter function.
> > >
> > > With dynamic channel registration, channels can be registered after dma
> > > controller registration. Users may want to have specific channel names.
> > >
> > > If name is NULL, the channel name relies on previous implementation,
> > > dma<controller_device_id>chan<channel_device_id>.
> >
> > lgtm, where is the user for this..?
> >
>
> I'll send beginning of next year a DMA controller driver for STM32MP25 SoC
> family. It relies on the dynamic channel registration. It will be a user of
> this dma_async_device_channel_register(struct dma_device *device, struct
> dma_chan *chan, const char *name).

Okay, I prefer to add a API with the user.

Thnx

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~Vinod