linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] dmaengine/ARM: use proper 'dma-channels/requests' properties

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Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:30:27 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] dmaengine/ARM: use proper 'dma-channels/requests' properties

On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 at 20:28, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 06:15:31PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The core DT schema defines generic 'dma-channels' and 'dma-requests'
> > properties, so in preparation to moving bindings to DT schema, convert
> > existing users of '#dma-channels' and '#dma-requests' to the generic
> > variant.
> >
> > Not tested on hardware.
> >
> > IMPORTANT
> > =========
> > The patchset is not bisectable! The DTS patches should be applied a
> > release *after* driver change is accepted.
>
> There's no driver change though...

Indeed, copy paste cover letter. This FSL dma driver does not use the
properties, so it's only in the bindings and in the DTS. The patchset
can be taken as-is, without in-kernel ABI break. Only out-of-tree
users of DTSI will be affected.

Best regards,
Krzysztof