From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lee.jones@linaro.org (Lee Jones) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 12:29:17 +0000 Subject: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 1/2] ASoC: ux500_pcm: Differentiate between pdata and DT initialisation In-Reply-To: <529DCD8A.30600@metafoo.de> References: <1386066427-6862-1-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org> <529DC6BE.3080607@metafoo.de> <20131203120420.GC12031@lee--X1> <529DCB76.4070705@metafoo.de> <529DCD8A.30600@metafoo.de> Message-ID: <20131203122917.GD12031@lee--X1> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, 03 Dec 2013, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > On 12/03/2013 01:15 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > > On 12/03/2013 01:04 PM, Lee Jones wrote: > >> On Tue, 03 Dec 2013, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > >> > >>> On 12/03/2013 11:27 AM, Lee Jones wrote: > >>>> If booting with full DT support (i.e. DMA too, the last piece of the > >>>> puzzle), then we don't need to use the compatible_request_channel call > >>>> back or require some of the historical bumph which probably isn't > >>>> required by a platform data start-up now either. This will also be > >>>> ripped out in upcoming commits. > >>>> > >>>> Cc: alsa-devel at alsa-project.org > >>>> Acked-by: Linus Walleij > >>>> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones > >>> > >>> Strictly speaking you do not need the second config, but well considering > >>> that this will all hopefully be removed soon anyway it should be fine. > >> > >> That's true it will, but why don't we need the second config? I won't > >> want the compat function to be called in the DT case. > > > > It will only be called if it was not possible to request the DMA channel > > from the DT. > > The logic used to request the channel is basically this (in pseudo code). > > chan = NULL. > > if (of_node && !(flags & NO_DT)) > chan = dma_request_slave_channel(...) > > if (!chan && (flags & COMPAT)) > chan = dma_request_channel(compat_filter_fn, compat_filter_data); Okay, fair enough. But as you say, this should be fine for now. I'll tend to the left-over cruft when I convert the driver to DT only. -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org ? Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog