Re: [PATCH v9 1/4] i2c: tegra: Do not configure DMA if not supported

[Akhil R <akhilrajeev@nvidia.com>]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:41:54 +0000 Jon Hunter wrote:
> On 28/10/2025 10:00, Akhil R wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:20:09 +0100, Jon Hunter wrote:
>>> On 01/10/2025 07:47, Kartik Rajput wrote:

...

>>>> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
>>>> index e533460bccc3..aa7c0d8c0941 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-tegra.c
>>>> @@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ static int tegra_i2c_init_dma(struct tegra_i2c_dev *i2c_dev)
>>>>         if (IS_VI(i2c_dev))
>>>>                 return 0;
>>>>  
>>>> +     if (!of_property_present(i2c_dev->dev->of_node, "dmas")) {
>>>> +             dev_dbg(i2c_dev->dev, "DMA not available, falling back to PIO\n");
>>>> +             return 0;
>>>> +     }
>>>> +
>>>>         if (i2c_dev->hw->has_apb_dma) {
>>>>                 if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TEGRA20_APB_DMA)) {
>>>>                         dev_dbg(i2c_dev->dev, "APB DMA support not enabled\n");
>>>
>>> What about ACPI based devices?
>>
>> The of_ function returns false if using ACPI. Since these DMA drivers does
>> not support ACPI enumeration currently, we would not require to proceed
>> further anyway. But if required we can add an additional check with
>> acpi_dma_supported() or similar. Do you suggest adding a check for ACPI?
>
> I was just wondering if it is better to use fwnode_property_present()
> instead.

I think ACPI does not use 'dmas' property to connect a DMA resource.
It uses FixedDMA or something similar. It may not be helpful to use
fwnode_*() or device_*() check here in that case.

Regards,
Akhil