Re: [PATCH] ARM: bcm283x: Enable DMA support for SPI controller

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Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Without this, the driver for the BCM2835 SPI controller uses interrupt
> mode instead of DMA mode, incurring a significant performance penalty.
> The Foundation's device tree has had these attributes for years, but for
> some reason they were never upstreamed.
>
> They were originally contributed by Noralf Trønnes and Martin Sperl:
> https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commit/25f3e064afc8
> https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/commit/e0edb52b47e6
>
> The DREQ numbers 6 and 7 are documented in section 4.2.1.3 of:
> https://www.raspberrypi.org/app/uploads/2012/02/BCM2835-ARM-Peripherals.pdf
>
> Tested-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>

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