On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 14:14 +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > +static int __devinit dw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> > + const struct pci_device_id *id)
> > +{
> ...
> > +
> > + pd = platform_device_alloc("dw_dmac", instance);
> Why can't the core driver library be agnostic. Why do we care if the
> device is platform, pci or something else.
> There is nothing in dma API callbacks which driver implements that
> warrants it to be some device.
>
> You have already taken care of dma controller accesses be arch
> independent so I don't see a reason why this should be done?
I'm afraid I didn't get you comment.
--
Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
Intel Finland Oy
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