[PATCH v4 2/6] mfd: stm32-timers: add support for dmas

[lee.jones@linaro.org (Lee Jones)]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2018, Fabrice Gasnier wrote:

> STM32 Timers can support up to 7 DMA requests:
> - 4 channels, update, compare and trigger.
> Optionally request part, or all DMAs from stm32-timers MFD core.
> 
> Also add routine to implement burst reads using DMA from timer registers.
> This is exported. So, it can be used by child drivers, PWM capture
> for instance (but not limited to).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@st.com>
> Reviewed-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Lee's comments: Add kerneldoc header, better format comments.
> Changes in v3:
> - Basically Lee's comments:
> - rather create a struct stm32_timers_dma, and place a reference to it
>   in existing ddata (instead of adding priv struct).
> - rather use a struct device in exported routine prototype, and use
>   standard helpers instead of ddata. Get rid of to_stm32_timers_priv().
> - simplify error handling in probe (remove a goto)
> - comment on devm_of_platform_*populate() usage.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Abstract DMA handling from child driver: move it to MFD core
> - Add comments on optional dma support
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/stm32-timers.c       | 227 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/linux/mfd/stm32-timers.h |  32 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 257 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

[...]

> diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/stm32-timers.h b/include/linux/mfd/stm32-timers.h
> index 2aadab6..a04d7a1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mfd/stm32-timers.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mfd/stm32-timers.h
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
>  #define _LINUX_STM32_GPTIMER_H_
>  
>  #include <linux/clk.h>
> +#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
> +#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
>  #include <linux/regmap.h>

[...]

> +struct stm32_timers_dma;
> +
>  struct stm32_timers {
>  	struct clk *clk;
>  	struct regmap *regmap;
>  	u32 max_arr;
> +	struct stm32_timers_dma *dma; /* Only to be used by the parent */

I'm confused.  I thought the point of putting this comment in was so
that you could place the definition of 'stm32_timers_dma' and remove
the forward declaration?

>  };
> +
> +int stm32_timers_dma_burst_read(struct device *dev, u32 *buf,
> +				enum stm32_timers_dmas id, u32 reg,
> +				unsigned int num_reg, unsigned int bursts,
> +				unsigned long tmo_ms);
>  #endif

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