[alsa-devel] [PATCHv7] dmaengine: Add support for BCM2835

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 13:16 +0100, Florian Meier wrote:
> Thank you! Few comments below.

See my answers below.

> >> +static enum dma_status bcm2835_dma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
> >> +	dma_cookie_t cookie, struct dma_tx_state *txstate)
> >> +{
> > 
> > []
> > 
> >> +	} else {
> >> +		txstate->residue = 0;
> > 
> > Useless assignment since dmaengine will do this for you in
> > dma_cookie_status.
> 
> I agree that it is useless, but I think otherwise it might be concealed
> that there is a third case left that uses a residue of 0. Do you think a
> comment is better? E.g.:
> 
> +	} else {
> +		/* residue = 0 per default */

I think like in many other DMA drivers either you have separate function
to get residue, which returns 0, or just not include this case.

> >> +static int bcm2835_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >> +{

> >> +	uint32_t chans_available;
> > 
> > Why uint32_t?
> 
> Because it is a bit mask of fixed length that directly comes from the
> firmware.

Like one already told you in your i2s patch, please, change that to
corresponding u* value, namely u32.

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy