Re: [PATCH] fsldma: use PCI Read Multiple command

[Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>]

Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Jun 12, 2009, at 4:23 AM, Li Yang wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Ira Snyder<iws@ovro.caltech.edu>  
>> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 09:45:26PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>>>> On Apr 27, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Adding Kumar to the CC: list, since he might pick up the patch.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with taking this through Kumar's tree.
>>>> I'm going through patches for .31.. Should I still pick this up?   
>>>> Going
>>>> forward should I pick up fsldma patches?
>>>>
>>> I'm fine with that, but you should probably talk to Li Yang (added to
>>> CC). He's gotten in contact with me a few times recently.
>> I am fine with both ways for this patch as it is only related to
>> Freescale register details.  But in general I think patches should go
>> through functional subsystem, as they usually would need insight of
>> the subsystem architecture.  I prefer the way that the patch acked or
>> signed-off by Freescale guys and push upstream through Dan's tree as
>> most other subsystems did.  Unless Dan prefers to ack the subsystem
>> architectural part of each patch and have them pushed other way.
> 
> I agree w/this and just wanting to see what Dan's preference is.

I'll take fsldma patches through the dmaengine tree with Leo's 
ack/sign-off.  That last request was a one-off because I had nothing 
else to push and the discussion was very architecture specific.

Thanks,
Dan