Sergei Shtylyov <sshtyl...@ru.mvista.com> writes: > Hello. > > Kevin Hilman wrote: > >>>>Some of the comments about my earlier EDMA patches touched on issues >>>>in that programming interface, like: > >>>> - The single call to allocate DMA resources is overly complex. > >>>> - Its programming model doesn't match the hardware well: talking >>>> about master vs. slave, not channels and parameter RAM; confusing >>>> those two resource types (especially when allocating); etc. > >>>> - Since the calls used a "davinci_" prefix, they wouldn't be very >>>> appropriate for the DMA in the OMAP-L137 chip. > >>> We were going to move the generic part of >>>arch/arm/mach-davinci/dma.c (alomg with other common code b/w so >>>called OMAP-L1x and DaVinci) to arch/arm/plat-davinci/ but the rename >>>seems reasonable anyway. > >> I keep hearing things like this, but have not yet seen any patches, or >> technical arguments for doing so. > > The technical argument is simple: sharing the code for two similar > platforms, the EDMA code in particular.
The code already is shared. I'm was talking about the technical arguments for moving the code. >> I am planning a push of the core davinci code for the next merge >> window, so if changes like that are expected to go in, I expect to see >> some patches and arguments *very* soon. > > And we're going to start submitting RSN. > Looking forward to it... Kevin _______________________________________________ Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list Davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source
