From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: anton.bondarenko.sama@gmail.com (Anton Bondarenko) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:00:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v3 6/7] spi: imx: return error from dma channel request In-Reply-To: <20151105085637.GJ8526@pengutronix.de> References: <1446388901-6073-1-git-send-email-anton.bondarenko.sama@gmail.com> <1446388901-6073-7-git-send-email-anton.bondarenko.sama@gmail.com> <20151105085637.GJ8526@pengutronix.de> Message-ID: <563B7D1C.7010105@gmail.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 05.11.2015 09:56, Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 03:41:40PM +0100, Anton Bondarenko wrote: >> From: Anton Bondarenko >> >> On SDMA initialization return exactly the same error, which is >> reported by dma_request_slave_channel_reason(), it is a preceding >> change to defer SPI DMA initialization, if SDMA module is not yet >> available. > > Maybe something like: "fix probe deferral when dmaengine is not yet > available" in the subject line will better express that this is a patch > that should be applied ASAP. Also you can move this up to the front of > the series when resending. > > Sascha > This patch itself does not implement deferral for spi-imx if dmaengine not ready. The patch targets 2 things: give a bit more detailed error information of SPI dma slave channel initialization error and provide a basis for the next patch ([PATCH v3 7/7] spi: imx: defer spi initialization, if DMA engine is pending). Regards, Anton