Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 3/4] ARM: dts: Add #dma-cells for generic dma binding support
On Friday 18 January 2013, Padmavathi Venna wrote:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm-pl330.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm-pl330.txt index 36e27d5..457a233 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm-pl330.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm-pl330.txt @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Required properties:
- reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped region.
- interrupts: interrupt number to the cpu.
- #dma-cells: must be at least 1. used to represent the number of integer
- cells in the dmas property of client device.
The wording 'at least' seems wrong here: that is what we use in the generic DMA binding, but in the part that is specific to one driver, I would expect to see
- #dma-cells: must be <1>
Since that is what this particular driver requires.
Client drivers (device nodes requiring dma transfers from dev-to-mem or @@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ as shown below. [property name] = <[phandle of the dma controller] [dma request id]>;
where 'dma request id' is the dma request number which is connected
to the client controller. The 'property name' is recommended to be
of the form <name>-dma-channel.
to the client controller. The 'property name' is 'dmas' as recommended
by the generic dma device tree binding helpers.
s/recommended/required/
Also, the "dma-names" property is required as well.
Arnd
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de wrote:
On Friday 18 January 2013, Padmavathi Venna wrote:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm-pl330.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm-pl330.txt index 36e27d5..457a233 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm-pl330.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/arm-pl330.txt @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Required properties:
- reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped region.
- interrupts: interrupt number to the cpu.
- #dma-cells: must be at least 1. used to represent the number of integer
- cells in the dmas property of client device.
The wording 'at least' seems wrong here: that is what we use in the generic DMA binding, but in the part that is specific to one driver, I would expect to see
- #dma-cells: must be <1>
Since that is what this particular driver requires.
Okey. I will change this.
Client drivers (device nodes requiring dma transfers from dev-to-mem or @@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ as shown below. [property name] = <[phandle of the dma controller] [dma request id]>;
where 'dma request id' is the dma request number which is connected
to the client controller. The 'property name' is recommended to be
of the form <name>-dma-channel.
to the client controller. The 'property name' is 'dmas' as recommended
by the generic dma device tree binding helpers.
s/recommended/required/
Also, the "dma-names" property is required as well.
OK. I will add.
Thanks Padma
Arnd
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