linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7] dmaengine: Add support for BCM2835

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Message-ID: <528A260D.7090807@koalo.de>
Date:	Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:37:01 +0100
From:	Florian Meier <florian.meier@...lo.de>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	"Koul, Vinod" <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	linux-rpi-kernel <linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	dmaengine <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7] dmaengine: Add support for BCM2835

>>>> +static enum dma_status bcm2835_dma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
>>>> +	dma_cookie_t cookie, struct dma_tx_state *txstate)
>>>> +{
>>>
>>> []
>>>
>>>> +	} else {
>>>> +		txstate->residue = 0;
>>>
>>> Useless assignment since dmaengine will do this for you in
>>> dma_cookie_status.
>>
>> I agree that it is useless, but I think otherwise it might be concealed
>> that there is a third case left that uses a residue of 0. Do you think a
>> comment is better? E.g.:
>>
>> +	} else {
>> +		/* residue = 0 per default */
> 
> I think like in many other DMA drivers either you have separate function
> to get residue, which returns 0, or just not include this case.

You mean like in the omap-dma.c? ;-P

>>>> +static int bcm2835_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>> +{
> 
>>>> +	uint32_t chans_available;
>>>
>>> Why uint32_t?
>>
>> Because it is a bit mask of fixed length that directly comes from the
>> firmware.
> 
> Like one already told you in your i2s patch, please, change that to
> corresponding u* value, namely u32.

I have no problem with changing that, but why?

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