linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] of: setup dma parameters using dma-ranges and dma-coherent

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Date:	Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:06:02 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...escale.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Strashko, Grygorii" <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] of: setup dma parameters using dma-ranges and dma-coherent

On Monday 02 June 2014 09:24:50 Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
> On Monday 02 June 2014 02:37 AM, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:30:00AM -0400, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
> >> Here is an updated v3 of the series. Series introduces support for setting up
> >> dma parameters based on device tree properties like 'dma-ranges' and
> >> 'dma-coherent' and also update to ARM 32 bit port. Earlier version of the
> >> series can be found here [3], [2] and [1].
> > 
> > Are these two generic device tree properties documented somewhere under
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings?
> > 
> These bindings have been already in use before this series. But looks like
> they have not been documented. I will do a patch to add description for those
> couple of parameters.

dma-ranges is part of ePAPR, and was documented in some ieee-1275 addenda
before that, but I agree it would be nice to have something in kernel as
well, at the minimum something pointing to the relevant documents.

	Arnd
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