Re: [PATCH] dma: xilinx: Make Xilinx VDMA support ARC

[Ramiro Oliveira <Ramiro.Oliveira@synopsys.com>]

Hi Mike

On 3/9/2017 7:37 AM, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> On 06-03-17 13:27, Ramiro Oliveira wrote:
>> Add option in Kconfig to use Xilinx VDMA in ARC processors.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ramiro Oliveira <roliveir@synopsys.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/dma/Kconfig | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/dma/Kconfig b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
>> index 263495d0adbd..b6b6c0581ad7 100644
>> --- a/drivers/dma/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/dma/Kconfig
>> @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ config XGENE_DMA
>>
>>  config XILINX_DMA
>>      tristate "Xilinx AXI DMAS Engine"
>> -    depends on (ARCH_ZYNQ || MICROBLAZE || ARM64)
>> +    depends on (ARCH_ZYNQ || MICROBLAZE || ARM64|| ARC)
> 
> One can put a Xilinx FPGA on a PCIe card, instantiate a PCIe-AXI bridge and then
> use it on any platform that supports PCIe.
> 
> I've had to remove this line in order to be able to use the engine on an x86
> desktop.
> 
> How about plainly removing this "depends on" line and be done with it, instead
> of adding platforms one by one?
> 
> 

I agree with you. From my point of view it would be better to remove this line
entirely. I'm just not sure if everyone agrees.

>>      select DMA_ENGINE
>>      help
>>        Enable support for Xilinx AXI VDMA Soft IP.
>>
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> 
> Mike Looijmans
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Best Regards

Ramiro Oliveira
Ramiro.Oliveira@synopsys.com