linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] ARM: dts: provide DMA config to pxamci

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Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:25:21 +0400
From:	Sergei Ianovich <ynvich@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Chris Ball <cjb@...top.org>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
	Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>,
	Seungwon Jeon <tgih.jun@...sung.com>,
	"open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND..." <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	DOCUMENTATION <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] ARM: dts: provide DMA config to pxamci

On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 01:25 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> We never intentionally break things that people are using, but there are
> cases where doing blind changes is the best way forward. We should
> always try to find people to test patches on real hardware if possible,
> which is only possible if there are people around that have the hardware
> and that are going to run new kernels on them.
> 
> In case of PXA dmaengine support, I think the benefits of applying the
> series far outweigh the breakage potential. A lot of the drivers are
> shared with MMP, which is going to be DT-only eventually and will require
> the new dmaengine code. Some PXA drivers may be shared with SA1100,
> which has also converted to dmaengine although there are no plans to
> ever support DT on sa1100.
> 
> We certainly need to be extra careful if we want to move things over
> at once and cannot test all the drivers. I'd be happier if it could
> be done gradually by having some drivers use the new interface and
> other drivers use the old one, but I don't see how that can be done
> here.

Thanks for detailed explanation. I see there is strong support for the
big change. Lets hope it'll be smooth. I'll strest test Daniel's changes
and report the results.


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