linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ata: sata_dwc_460ex: use "dmas" DT property to find dma channel

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Date:	Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:54:50 +0000
From:	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:	Julian Margetson <runaway@...dw.ms>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ata: sata_dwc_460ex: use "dmas" DT property to find dma channel

Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> writes:

> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com> wrote:
>> Julian Margetson <runaway@...dw.ms> writes:
>>
>>> On 12/19/2015 4:41 PM, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>>>> Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Julian Margetson <runaway@...dw.ms> wrote:
>>>>>> On 12/19/2015 3:07 PM, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>>>>>>> Julian Margetson <runaway@...dw.ms> writes:
>
>>> [   18.606292] dma dma0chan0: dwc_tx_submit: queued 2
>>> [   18.611091] dma dma0chan0: dwc_dostart_first_queued: started 2
>>> [   48.748614] ata3: lost interrupt (Status 0x40)
>>
>> Now we're getting somewhere.  The dma transfer is set up and initiated,
>> but then nothing happens.  Comparing the old sata_dwc driver, from
>> before the switch to dmaengine, with the dw_dma driver, I noticed an
>> obvious problem: the descriptors are filled in using the wrong byte
>> order.
>
> So, it means we have IO in little endian, but DMA reads data from
> memory in big endian?

No, it means the IO is little endian, and the DMA reads from memory in
little endian while the host CPU is big endian.

>>  This patch might fix that.
>
> In case it works I have to test it on AVR32.

Unless I made a mistake, there should be no difference there.  Still got
to test it of course.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
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