[PATCH] dmaengine: at_hdmac: pause: no need to wait for FIFO empty

[nicolas.ferre@atmel.com (Nicolas Ferre)]

Le 10/05/2011 13:56, Sergei Shtylyov :
> Hello.
> 
> On 09-05-2011 20:11, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> 
>> The addition of the pause feature to atc_control an active wait was
>> introduced
>> to check the FIFO empty event.
> 
>    Couldn't parse this -- did you forget "with"at the start of the
> statement?

Absolutely. A comma can also improve things... is it better like this?

"
With the addition of the "pause" feature, an active wait loop was
introduced to check the "FIFO empty" event.
"

Vinod, tell me if you want me to send a new patch.

>> This event was not always happening and
>> a timout contition was needed.
>> But, in some cases, this event depend on the peripheral connected to the
>> channel that is paused: FIFO becomes empty if the peripheral consumes
>> data.
>> The timeout is pretty difficult to evaluate. Moreover, this check is not
>> needed.
>> In conclusion, it seems sensible to entirely remove the checking of
>> "FIFO empty" status when pausing.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre<nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
> 
> WBR, Sergei

Thanks, best regards,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre