Re: [PATCH 3/9] spi: tegra114: move to generic dma DT binding

[Richard Zhao <rizhao@nvidia.com>]

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 03:34:43AM +0800, Stephen Warren wrote:
> (Stripping CC list a bit)
> 
> On 07/23/2013 10:09 PM, Richard Zhao wrote:
> > - driver: remove use of nvidia,dma-request-selector
> > 	  use dma_request_slave_channel to request channel
> > - if dmas/dma-names are missing, it still supports cpu based transfer
> > - update binding doc and specify dmas/dma-names properties as optional
> 
> I'll simply repeat the comments I already made downstream:
> 
> Most commit messages aren't written as bullet points. 
Alright, I'll change it. (Personally I like bullet points).
> This might be
> better written as:
> 
> ----------
> Convert the Tegra114 SPI driver to support the standard DMA device-tree
> bindings.
> 
> Note that DMA mode is optional; if the DT properties required to support
> DMA are missing, then the driver will fall back to pure CPU operation.
> ----------
> 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/nvidia,tegra114-spi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/nvidia,tegra114-spi.txt
> 
> > +Optional properties:
> > +- dmas : The Tegra DMA controller's phandle and request selector for
> > +  this SPI controller.
> > +- dma-names : Should be "rx-tx".
> 
> This should reference dma.txt which defines the DMA DT bindings. How about:
> 
> ----------
> Optional properties:
> - dmas, dma-names : The DMA channel to use for DMA-mode operation. See
>   dma.txt for the definition of these properties. A single entry named
>   "rx-tx" must be specified.
> ----------
Ok. but how about replace "DMA channel" with "DMA request"?

Thanks
Richard