linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] dmaengine:omap-dma: Linked List transfer for slave

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Message-ID: <20160718122125.GJ5783@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:21:25 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
Cc:	vinod.koul@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, tony@...mide.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] dmaengine:omap-dma: Linked List transfer for slave_sg

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 03:07:57PM +0300, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
> I was not aware of any position on this from TI - as I mentioned I was not
> involved with DMA. It could be that the position from 'TI' is still what it
> was. Or changed. But as I have been asked to look after TI DMA drivers
> upstream and I believe that the linked list mode is a good thing to have -
> which is backed by my experiences. My position is that linked list support is
> cool.

That's really nice news.  Nothing like asking the author first whether
he'd like to pass over maintainership of the driver.  I guess you won't
mind if at some point in the future, I decide to just take it back...

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