linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] Add Intel LGM soc DMA support.

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:03:21 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To:     "Reddy, MallikarjunaX" <mallikarjunax.reddy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, vkoul@...nel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chuanhua.lei@...ux.intel.com,
        cheol.yong.kim@...el.com, qi-ming.wu@...el.com,
        malliamireddy009@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] Add Intel LGM soc DMA support.

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 04:41:31PM +0800, Reddy, MallikarjunaX wrote:
> On 7/9/2020 7:09 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 02:01:06PM +0800, Amireddy Mallikarjuna reddy wrote:
> > > Add DMA controller driver for Lightning Mountain(LGM) family of SoCs.
> > > 
> > > The main function of the DMA controller is the transfer of data from/to any
> > > DPlus compliant peripheral to/from the memory. A memory to memory copy
> > > capability can also be configured.
> > > 
> > > This ldma driver is used for configure the device and channnels for data
> > > and control paths.
> > > +#include "../virt-dma.h"
> > I didn't find any evidence this driver utilizes virt-dma API in full.
> > For example, there is a virt_dma_desc structure and descriptor management around it.
> > Why don't you use it?
> Lgm dma soc has its own hardware descriptor.
> and each dma channel is associated with a peripheral, it is one to one
> mapping between channel and associated peripheral.

And this neither objects nor answers to my question.

Hint: above mentioned structure is an abstraction of hardware descriptors for
easier management in Linux kernel.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko