linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] dmaengine: add ep93xx DMA support

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 21:38:01 +0300
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@....fi>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hsweeten@...ionengravers.com,
	ryan@...ewatersys.com, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	spi mailing list <spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] dmaengine: add ep93xx DMA support

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 09:15:25AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@....fi> wrote:
> 
> > Do you think that we can go forward with this patch series if I drop the last
> > patch (spi/ep93xx: add DMA support)? This way we will have dmaengine
> > implementation in place, whatever SPI driver we choose to use with ep93xx.
> 
> Yes and you don't have to drop any DMA support for the existing driver
> for me alone, now that it's in the tree it should be maintained. I only
> wanted to raise the issue of code duplication, not block any patches.

Ok, so I'll keep the last patch for now.

BTW: if we get amba-pl022 driver to work with ep93xx, do you have any ideas
how to proceed from there? I mean, should we convert existing users to use
that driver instead and finally remove the ep93xx_spi driver?
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