linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] dmaengine: Add Kconfig of DMA data align for DMA Test driver

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:09:52 +0000
From:	"Sosnowski, Maciej" <maciej.sosnowski@...el.com>
To:	"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu.nobuhiro@...esas.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] dmaengine: Add Kconfig of DMA data align for DMA Test
 	driver

Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
> <iwamatsu.nobuhiro@...esas.com> wrote:
>> Test drivers of DMA engine usually perform DMA transfer by 1 byte
>> unit. This can set transfer size of DMA and aligns data for tests.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu.nobuhiro@...esas.com>
>> Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>
>> Cc: Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@...el.com>
>> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
>> ---
> 
> This should just be a module parameter, and it needs error handling
> for the alignment > transfer length case.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan

I agree with Dan. Align size should be rather module parameter.

Regards,
Maciej--
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