linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] dmaengine: add dma_get_slave_sg

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Message-ID: <20130718161658.GW16653@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:46:58 +0530
From:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:	Joel Fernandes <joelf@...com>
Cc:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
	Matt Porter <matt@...orter.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dmaengine: add dma_get_slave_sg_limits()

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:46:39AM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> From: Matt Porter <mporter@...com>
> 
> Add a dmaengine API to retrieve slave SG transfer limits.
> 
> The API is optionally implemented by dmaengine drivers and when
> unimplemented will return a NULL pointer. A client driver using
> this API provides the required dma channel, address width, and
> burst size of the transfer. dma_get_slave_sg_limits() returns an
> SG limits structure with the maximum number and size of SG segments
> that the given channel can handle.
Hi Joel,

I have already resurrected this and generalized the API to get the slave
capablities. 
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/15/147

Please start using this API

~Vinod
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