linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] dmaengine: add fifo

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Date:   Fri, 5 Jul 2019 11:45:34 +0530
From:   Sameer Pujar <spujar@...dia.com>
To:     Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
CC:     <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, <tiwai@...e.com>,
        <jonathanh@...dia.com>, <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <sharadg@...dia.com>,
        <rlokhande@...dia.com>, <dramesh@...dia.com>, <mkumard@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] dmaengine: add fifo_size member

Hi Vinod,

What are your final thoughts regarding this?

Thanks,
Sameer.

>> Where does ADMAIF driver reside in kernel, who configures it for normal
>> dma txns..?
> Not yet, we are in the process of upstreaming ADMAIF driver.
> To describe briefly, audio subsystem is using ALSA SoC(ASoC) layer. 
> ADMAIF is
> registered as platform driver and exports DMA functionality. It 
> registers PCM
> devices for each Rx/Tx ADMAIF channel. During PCM playback/capture 
> operations,
> ALSA callbacks configure DMA channel using API dmaengine_slave_config().
> RFC patch proposed, is to help populate FIFO_SIZE value as well during 
> above
> call, since ADMA requires it.
>>
>> Also it wold have helped the long discussion if that part was made clear
>> rather than talking about peripheral all this time :(
> Thought it was clear, though should have avoided using 'peripheral' in 
> the
> discussions. Sorry for the confusion.