From: Joel A Fernandes <agnel.j...@gmail.com>

A-sync case in EDMA driver is tricky and not so obvious.
Document the reasons for the calculations and the scenarious
they are used.

Signed-off-by: Joel A Fernandes <agnel.j...@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/dma/edma.c |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/edma.c b/drivers/dma/edma.c
index e008ed2..a1d9f3785 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/edma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/edma.c
@@ -284,8 +284,24 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *edma_prep_slave_sg(
                 */
                if (burst == 1) {
                        edesc->absync = false;
+                       /*
+                        * For the A-sync case, bcnt and ccnt are the remainder
+                        * and quotient respectively of the division of:
+                        * (sg_dma_len(sg) / acnt) by (SZ_64K -1). This is so
+                        * that in case bcnt over flows, we have ccnt to use.
+                        * Note: In A-sync tranfer only, bcntrld is used, but it
+                        * only applies for sg_dma_len(sg) >= SZ_64K.
+                        * In this case, the best way adopted is- bccnt for the
+                        * first frame will be the remainder below. Then for
+                        * every successive frame, bcnt will be SZ_64K-1. This
+                        * is assured as bcntrld = 0xffff in end of function.
+                        */
                        ccnt = sg_dma_len(sg) / acnt / (SZ_64K - 1);
                        bcnt = sg_dma_len(sg) / acnt - ccnt * (SZ_64K - 1);
+                       /*
+                        * If bcnt is non-zero, we have a remainder and hence an
+                        * extra frame to transfer, so increment ccnt.
+                        */
                        if (bcnt)
                                ccnt++;
                        else
@@ -343,6 +359,12 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *edma_prep_slave_sg(
 
                edesc->pset[i].a_b_cnt = bcnt << 16 | acnt;
                edesc->pset[i].ccnt = ccnt;
+               /*
+                * Only time when (bcntrld) auto reload is required is for
+                * A-sync case, and in this case, a requirement of reload value
+                * of SZ_64K-1 only is assured. 'link' is initially set to NULL
+                * and then later will be populated by edma_execute.
+                */
                edesc->pset[i].link_bcntrld = 0xffffffff;
 
        }
-- 
1.7.9.5

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