[PATCH v4 3/3] dma: Add Freescale eDMA engine driver support

[vinod.koul@intel.com (Vinod Koul)]

On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 07:10:53AM +0000, Lu Jingchang-B35083 wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vinod Koul [mailto:vinod.koul at intel.com]
> > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 12:51 PM
> > To: Lu Jingchang-B35083
> > Cc: shawn.guo at linaro.org; linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-
> > kernel at lists.infradead.org; devicetree at vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] dma: Add Freescale eDMA engine driver support
> > 
> > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 03:32:04AM +0000, Lu Jingchang-B35083 wrote:
> > 
> > Please use a right MUA and wrap your lines at 80chars...

> > > [Lu Jingchang]
> > No need to put your name :)
> [Lu Jingchang-b35083] 
> Aha, the Microsoft Outlook adds this automatically with default option.
You can change that!!

> > 
> > > Ok, if it is needed, I will add residue calculation in the next version.
> > Yes this is needed
> > 
> > > > > +static bool fsl_edma_filter_fn(struct dma_chan *chan, void
> > *fn_param)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	struct fsl_edma_filter_param *fparam = fn_param;
> > > > > +	struct fsl_edma_chan *fsl_chan = to_fsl_edma_chan(chan);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	if (fsl_chan->edmamux->mux_id != fparam->mux_id)
> > > > > +		return false;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	fsl_chan->slot_id = fparam->slot_id;
> > > > > +	chan->private = fn_param;
> > > > why do you need to use chan->private?
> > > [Lu Jingchang]
> > > The private used here is to store the slot_id information, which must
> > be used
> > > by the DMAMUX in alloc_chan_resources function. Thanks.
> > Why dont you pass this in struct dma_slave_config memeber slave_id for
> > this.
> [Lu Jingchang-b35083] 
> I will drop this private and setup the slave_id directly in the filter function.
why in filter? before calling prepare function you can set the slave config

~Vinod