linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/11] spi/pxa2xx: use the private DMA API only when CONFIG_ARCH

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Message-ID: <20130117100004.GS2239@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:00:04 +0200
From:	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	eric.y.miao@...il.com, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	haojian.zhuang@...il.com, broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
	chao.bi@...el.com, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/11] spi/pxa2xx: use the private DMA API only when
 CONFIG_ARCH_PXA is set

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:36:19AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Mika Westerberg
> <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > The PXA SPI driver uses PXA platform specific private DMA implementation
> > which does not work on non-PXA platforms. In order to use this driver on
> > other platforms we need to move the private DMA implementation into a
> > separate functions that get stubbed out when !CONFIG_ARCH_PXA.
> >
> > While we are there we can kill the dummy DMA bits in pxa2xx_spi.h as they
> > are not needed anymore for CE4100.
> >
> > Once this is done we can add the generic DMA engine support to the driver
> > that allows usage of any DMA controller that implements DMA engine API.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c       |  612 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> >  include/linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h |   80 ------
> 
> Can you even break this out to its own file?
> 
> Like drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-pxadma.c/.h
> with stubs in the header file or something so we need
> no #ifdefs in the main driver file?

Good point. I need to refresh the series anyway because of the x86 common
clock changes (which I'm hoping the x86 maintainers accept), so I can do
the file split as well.

> The kernel looks better after this patch anyway, so
> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> in any case.

Thanks!
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