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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2014 11:57:34 +0530
From:	Vignesh Raman <Vignesh_Raman@...tor.com>
To:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
CC:	<dan.j.williams@...el.com>, <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <Jiada_Wang@...tor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dma: imx-sdma: use module_platform_driver for SDMA
 driver

On Monday 04 August 2014 02:08 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 02:11:01PM +0530, Vignesh Raman wrote:
>> On Thursday 31 July 2014 05:30 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 06:41:14PM +0530, Vignesh Raman wrote:
>>>> Currently there is no module_exit declared in SDMA driver, so that once
>>>> sdma module is inserted, it's shown with permanent attribute by lsmod,
>>>> and it can't be removed.
>>>> Use module_platform_driver to register/unregister SDMA driver and modify
>>>> SDMA's remove operation, to make SDMA driver possible to be removed.
>>> where is this bit below?
>>>
>> I'm not clear with your question. Are you asking about the unregister
>> SDMA driver function? It is done by dma_async_device_unregister.
> Driver already uses module_platform_driver, so I dont see what information
> the last two lines are trying to convey.
> 
> Patch needs to talk about what is done in current patch
> 
I missed some changes in Jiada's patch while merging to mainline kernel.
I will update and send the latest version.

Thanks,
Vignesh.
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