From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roger Quadros Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] mtd: nand: omap2: Support parsing dma channel information from DT Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:35:25 +0300 Message-ID: <561F573D.6010704@ti.com> References: <1444700338-27582-1-git-send-email-fcooper@ti.com> <1444700338-27582-2-git-send-email-fcooper@ti.com> <561E3E4F.9020302@ti.com> <561E41EB.3050005@ti.com> <561E5803.5090609@ti.com> <561E629F.5070202@ti.com> <561E6791.3030404@ti.com> <20151014161813.GC10113@atomide.com> <561E8184.6020206@ti.com> <20151014181337.GF10113@atomide.com> <561EB4FB.8040709@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <561EB4FB.8040709@ti.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Franklin S Cooper Jr." , Tony Lindgren Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, nsekhar@ti.com, computersforpeace@gmail.com, dwmw2@infradead.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 14/10/15 23:03, Franklin S Cooper Jr. wrote: > > > On 10/14/2015 01:13 PM, Tony Lindgren wrote: >> * Franklin S Cooper Jr. [151014 09:27]: >>> >>> On 10/14/2015 11:18 AM, Tony Lindgren wrote: >>>> * Franklin S Cooper Jr. [151014 07:37]: >>>>> On 10/14/2015 09:11 AM, Roger Quadros wrote: >>>>>> On 14/10/15 16:26, Franklin S Cooper Jr. wrote: >>>>>>> On 10/14/2015 06:52 AM, Roger Quadros wrote: >>>>>>>> Franklin, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 14/10/15 14:36, Roger Quadros wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 13/10/15 04:38, Franklin S Cooper Jr wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Switch from dma_request_channel to allow passing dma channel >>>>>>>>>> information from DT rather than hardcoding a value. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Franklin S Cooper Jr >>>>>>>>> Acked-by: Roger Quadros >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>>>> drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c | 4 +++- >>>>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c >>>>>>>>>> index d0f2620..957c32f 100644 >>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c >>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c >>>>>>>>>> @@ -1866,7 +1866,9 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) >>>>>>>>>> dma_cap_zero(mask); >>>>>>>>>> dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask); >>>>>>>>>> sig = OMAP24XX_DMA_GPMC; >>>>>>>>>> - info->dma = dma_request_channel(mask, omap_dma_filter_fn, &sig); >>>>>>>>>> + info->dma = dma_request_slave_channel_compat(mask, >>>>>>>>>> + omap_dma_filter_fn, &sig, pdev->dev.parent, "rxtx"); >>>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>> Just discovered that you are using the parent device node. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How about moving the dma bindings to the nand node instead and using >>>>>>>> pdev->dev here? >>>>>>> Roger, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From what I can tell the interrupt number and the dma channel will always be >>>>>>> the same no matter what. Doesn't matter if you have multiple nands or a >>>>>>> combination of nands and nors. Since that is the case I think it just makes >>>>>>> sense to leave it in the gpmc parent node and define it once. >>>>>> Is prefetch/writepost dma used for NOR or any other GPMC peripheral >>>>>> or only for NAND? >>>>> The dma seems tied to the prefetch. From what I can tell the prefetch is only >>>>> used by nand. >>>>>> Let's also get Tony's inputs on this. >>>>> Sure. >>>> Hmm so what would keep other devices from using the prefetch >>> Looking at the TRM any references to the prefetch are always with respect to >>> NAND. >>> >>> I also see the below mentioned in the TRM. >>> Pre-fetch and write posting engine associated with system DMA to get full performance from NAND >>> device with minimum impact on NOR/SRAM concurrent access. >> OK up to you guys to figure out if it may be usable in a generic way then :) > Ok I just got clarification from hw folks. DMA for GPMC can be used for any of the > various modes. But the prefetch is specific to NAND. In that case the dma information must be in the GPMC node. cheers, -roger