linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] ARM/DT: edma: Get IP configuration from hardware

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Message-ID: <5371F35B.6090909@ti.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 May 2014 13:26:35 +0300
From:	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
To:	Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>, <joelf@...com>
CC:	<linux@....linux.org.uk>, <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tony@...mide.com>, <bcousson@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] ARM/DT: edma: Get IP configuration from hardware

On 05/13/2014 11:33 AM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 May 2014 01:13 PM, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We are requesting redundant information via DT for the driver since the very same
>> data is available in the HW: by reading and decoding the content of CCCFG
>> register we can get:
>> Number of channels: NUM_DMACH
>> Number of regions: NUM_REGN
>> Number of slots (PaRAM sets): NUM_PAENTRY
>> Number of TC/EQ: NUM_EVQUE
>>
>> So these does not need to be provided by the DT binding.
>>
>> The driver will no longer look for these properties from DT and they can be
>> removed from the binding documentation and from the dtsi files as well.
>> The change will not introduce regression when new kernel is booted using older
>> DTB (since we just ignore the mentioned properties).
> 
> Peter, to which baseline do these patches apply? I tried applying them
> to v3.15-rc5 but 1/4 doesn't apply cleanly.

It is on top of next-20140509.
Now that I looked at my branch, I missed one small patch from the series which
could cause the issue (removing the memset from edma_of_parse_dt).

I'll resend ASAP with that patch included.

> 
> Thanks,
> Sekhar
> 


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