Re: [PATCH] dma: tegra: implement flags parameters for cyclic transfer

[Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>]

On 12/20/2012 09:23 PM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> On Thursday 20 December 2012 10:16 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 12/19/2012 11:11 PM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 19 December 2012 10:32 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>>>> On 12/19/2012 06:40 AM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
>>>>> The flag parameter is added in the cyclic transfer request.
>>>>> Use the flag option of:
>>>>> - DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT for enabling interrupt.
>>>>> - DMA_CTRL_ACK for deciding whether ack is requred or not for
>>>>>     descriptor.
>>>> Do the relevant drivers that use Tegra's DMA engine already set flags
>>>> correctly, so that this change won't cause any regressions?
>>>
>>> Currently, the sound soc driver uses the cyclic mode of dma transfer and
>>> it has already enable the proper flags. This was done recently after
>>> adding flags in cyclic api.
>>> Also, there was bug in our dma driver for not setting DMA_CTRL_ACK by
>>> default for cyclic case.
>>> This will fix the issue.
>>
>> OK. I assume "This was done recently after adding flags in cyclic api."
>> was a patch that went into 3.8?  So, this patch is a bug-fix that should
>> be included in 3.8 then?
>
> I can see this in Linux 3.7 tag.

So I assume that means that when Vinod applies *this* patch, it should
be Cc: stable for 3.7 and up?

> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=history;f=drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c;h=528c62dd4b00e1b52928ff66f3a54e7ae206680f;hb=29594404d7fe73cd80eaa4ee8c43dcc53970c60e

I don't think that points where you want; it just shows a log of 3.7 for me.