[PATCH 03/03] omap hsmmc: adaptation of sdma descriptor autoloading feature

[madhu.cr@ti.com (Madhusudhan)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: svenkatr at gmail.com [mailto:svenkatr at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
> Venkatraman S
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:52 AM
> To: Madhusudhan
> Cc: linux-mmc at vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org;
> linux-omap at vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/03] omap hsmmc: adaptation of sdma descriptor
> autoloading feature
> 
> Madhusudhan <madhu.cr@ti.com> wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: linux-mmc-owner at vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-mmc-
> >> owner at vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Venkatraman S
> >> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 5:27 AM
> >> To: linux-mmc at vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org;
> >> linux-omap at vger.kernel.org
> >> Subject: [PATCH 03/03] omap hsmmc: adaptation of sdma descriptor
> >> autoloading feature
> >>
> >> Start to use the sDMA descriptor autoloading feature.
> >> For large datablocks, the MMC driver has to repeatedly setup, program
> >> and teardown the
> >> dma channel for each element of the sglist received in
> omap_hsmmc_request.
> >>
> >> By using descriptor autoloading, transfers from / to each element of
> >> the sglist is pre programmed
> >> into a linked list. The sDMA driver completes the entire transaction
> >> and provides a single interrupt.
> >>
> >> Due to this, number of dma interrupts for a typical 100MB transfer on
> the
> >> MMC is
> >> reduced from 25000 to about 400 (approximate). Transfer speeds are
> >> improved by ~5%
> >> (Though it varies on the size of read / write & improves on huge
> >> transfers)
> >>
> >> Descriptor autoloading is available only in 3630 and 4430 (as of now).
> >> Hence normal DMA
> >> mode is also retained.
> >>
> >> Tested on omap4430 sdp.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Venkatraman S <svenkatr@ti.com>
> >
> > I don't see any issues with this patch except the concern I had on the
> first
> > patch in the series. Why is that change linked to this series?
> >
>   Thanks. The problem was seen only in the context of using descriptor
> load. Would
> you prefer that I post it as a separate patch ?

My point is why that change is needed for this feature to work? 

When DMA is completed and a callback is received the ch can be freed. Once
TC is received the core is notified of the same.

Can the first patch be dropped? Or do you see issues?

> Regards,
> Venkat.