linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 2/2] Add Intel LGM SoC DMA support.

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Date:   Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:20:35 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     "Reddy, MallikarjunaX" <mallikarjunax.reddy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        andriy.shevchenko@...el.com, chuanhua.lei@...ux.intel.com,
        cheol.yong.kim@...el.com, qi-ming.wu@...el.com,
        malliamireddy009@...il.com, peter.ujfalusi@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/2] Add Intel LGM SoC DMA support.

On 25-11-20, 18:39, Reddy, MallikarjunaX wrote:

> > > > > desc needs to be configure for each dma channel and the remapped address of
> > > > > the IGP & EGP is desc base adress.
> > > > Why should this address not passed as src_addr/dst_addr?
> > > src_addr/dst_addr is the data pointer. Data pointer indicates address
> > > pointer of data buffer.
> > > 
> > > ldma_chan_desc_cfg() carries the descriptor address.
> > > 
> > > The descriptor list entry contains the data pointer, which points to the
> > > data section in the memory.
> > > 
> > > So we should not use src_addr/dst_addr as desc base address.
> > Okay sounds reasonable. why is this using in API here?
> descriptor base address needs to be write into the dma register (DMA_CDBA).

Why cant descriptor be allocated by damenegine driver, passed to client
as we normally do in prep_* callbacks ? Why do you need a custom API

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~Vinod