linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] spi: dw-dma: Add max SG entries burst capability support

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Date:   Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:59:54 +0300
From:   Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:     Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Georgy Vlasov <Georgy.Vlasov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Ramil Zaripov <Ramil.Zaripov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Pavel Parkhomenko <Pavel.Parkhomenko@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>,
        Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] spi: dw-dma: Add max SG entries burst capability
 support

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:26:12PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 10:59:45AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > Note since the DMA-engine subsystem in kernel 5.8-rcX doesn't have the
> > max_sg_burst capability supported, this series is intended to be applied
> > only after the "next"-branch of the DMA-engine repository is merged into
> > the mainline repo. Alternatively the series could be merged in through the
> > DMA-engine repo.
> 

> This needs to be thought through...

There is nothing to think about: either Mark completes review/accepts the series
and Vinod agrees to merge it in through the DMA-engine repo, or we'll have to
wait until the next merge window is closed and then merge the series in
traditionally through the SPI repo.

-Sergey

> 
> I gave some simple comments (and on top just try not to modify the same lines
> inside one series two or more times, e.g. ret = func() -> return func() -> ret
> = func() in one case).
> 
> -- 
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
> 
>