From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dan.j.williams@intel.com (Dan Williams) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:39:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] dmaengine: add dma_ctrl_cmd to pass buffer stride configuration In-Reply-To: References: <1310310203-12288-1-git-send-email-sundaram@ti.com> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Linus Walleij wrote: > 2011/7/10 Sundaram Raju : > >> Added new dma_ctrl_cmd TI_DMA_STRIDE_CONFIG to pass the TI DMA >> controller specific configurations on how a buffer must be walked >> through and how data is picked for transfer based on a specified >> pattern over the channel. >> >> The configuration passed is specific to the TI DMA controller used. ...and I suspect the slave device drivers that use TI DMA are not expected to ever work with other dmaengines? Likely the case, but just wondering out loud. >> Signed-off-by: Sundaram Raju > > This is exactly how I think we should do this. > Acked-by: Linus Walleij