linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: Mark dma_request_slave

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Date:   Thu, 3 Sep 2020 12:21:45 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
Cc:     dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andy.shevchenko@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: Mark dma_request_slave_channel() deprecated

On 28-08-20, 14:05, Peter Ujfalusi wrote:
> New drivers should use dma_request_chan() instead
> dma_request_slave_channel()
> 
> dma_request_slave_channel() is a simple wrapper for dma_request_chan()
> eating up the error code for channel request failure and makes deferred
> probing impossible.
> 
> Move the dma_request_slave_channel() into the header as inline function,
> mark it as deprecated.

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod