From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3DEF0B81.8060106@elsoft.ch> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 09:17:05 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22David_M=FCller_=28ELSOFT_AG=29=22?= MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Mackerras Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: ISA dma on 4xx References: <15854.51654.206530.977151@argo.ozlabs.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <15854.51654.206530.977151@argo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hello Paul Mackerras wrote: > Is anyone using a pc-style southbridge chip in a 4xx-based system? > > I am thinking that the split that we currently have in linuxppc-2.5, > where asm/dma.h includes either ppc4xx_dma.h or ppc_isa_dma.h, is not > the best way to do things, because we might want to use the ISA dma > functions on a 4xx system. Yes, we are using ISA DMA in combination with a PPC405GP. Currently ISA DMA is used for things like floppy or IrDA (implemented in a SuperIO chip). > > Does anyone use the 4xx dma controller with some device that is > normally connected to an ISA bus? That is, is there a need for the > 4xx dma functions to provide the same interface as the ISA dma > functions? > > Paul. > Am i right that you want to create a common interface capable of handling 4xx DMA and ISA DMA at the same time? Dave ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/