From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: vinod.koul@intel.com (Vinod Koul) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:32:17 +0530 Subject: [PATCH v4 07/11] dmaengine: sun6i: Retrieve channel count/max request from devicetree In-Reply-To: <6277478a-601a-48b0-8e1f-1d309049d4f4@rwthex-w2-a.rwth-ad.de> References: <20170928014928.2272-1-stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de> <6277478a-601a-48b0-8e1f-1d309049d4f4@rwthex-w2-a.rwth-ad.de> Message-ID: <20171016070217.GO30097@localhost> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 03:49:24AM +0200, Stefan Br?ns wrote: > To avoid introduction of a new compatible for each small SoC/DMA controller > variation, move the definition of the channel count to the devicetree. > > The number of vchans is no longer explicit, but limited by the highest > port/DMA request number. The result is a slight overallocation for SoCs > with a sparse port mapping. This doesnt apply for me, please check -- ~Vinod