From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vinod Koul Subject: Re: [PATCH for 4.4 0/2] DT/dmaengine: edma: Convert 16bit arrays to 32bit Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:34:10 +0530 Message-ID: <20151210030410.GG1854@localhost> References: <1449649091-9848-1-git-send-email-peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> <20151209201226.GB23396@atomide.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151209201226.GB23396-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Tony Lindgren Cc: Peter Ujfalusi , arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-omap-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, balbi-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, nsekhar-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 09, 2015 at 12:12:27PM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote: > * Peter Ujfalusi [151209 00:19]: > > Hi, > > > > Based on the discussion regarding to (convert am33xx to use the new eDMA > > bindings): > > https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org/msg122117.html > > > > This two patch will convert the new eDMA binding to not use 16bit arrays for > > memcpy channel selection and for marking slots reserved. > > The '/bits/ 16' seams to be causing confusion so it is probably better to just > > use standard type for the arrays. > > > > The new bindings for the eDMA is introduced for 4.4 and we do not have users of > > it, which means that we can still change it w/o the risk of breaking anything > > and we do not need to maintain the compatibility with 16bit arrays. > > > > The changes in the eDMA driver is local to the DT parsing and should not > > conflict with other changes (like the filter function mapping support). Hrm, > > there might be trivial conflict in the include/linux/platform_data/edma.h with > > the "dmaengine 'universal' API". > > > > Tony, Arnd, Vinod: Can you agree on the practicalities on how these patches are > > going to be handled? I would like to send the updated am33xx/am437x conversion > > for 4.5 based on these changes. > > Yes this should go into v4.4 as discussed, otherwise it will be a mess. > For both, please feel free to add: > > Acked-by: Tony Lindgren > > I suggest Vinod sets up an immutable branch against v4.4-rc1 with just these > two patches. Then it can get merged into whichever branch needs it, I > certainly will need it as most of my v4.5 branches are v4.4-rc1 or -rc2 > based. > > Then the immutable branch can be merged into v4.4 by Vinod or Arnd. Applied to fix/edma. This is based on -rc1 and will not rebase. I am merging this to my fixes and will send to Linus in couple of days Thanks -- ~Vinod -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html