linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] dmaengine:omap-dma: Linked List transfer for slave

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:30:17 +0300
From:	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
CC:	<vinod.koul@...el.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] dmaengine:omap-dma: Linked List transfer for slave_sg

On 07/18/16 15:21, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 03:07:57PM +0300, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
>> I was not aware of any position on this from TI - as I mentioned I was not
>> involved with DMA. It could be that the position from 'TI' is still what it
>> was. Or changed. But as I have been asked to look after TI DMA drivers
>> upstream and I believe that the linked list mode is a good thing to have -
>> which is backed by my experiences. My position is that linked list support is
>> cool.
> 
> That's really nice news.  Nothing like asking the author first whether
> he'd like to pass over maintainership of the driver.  I guess you won't
> mind if at some point in the future, I decide to just take it back...

I work with the DMA drivers on behalf of TI. Inside TI the DMA related queries
are targeted at me. This does not change the maintainer of the drivers upstream.

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