Re: [PATCH 04/10] spi: dw-mid: follow new DMAengine workflow

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On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 12:08 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 01:35:38PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 09:44 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 08:08:54PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > Though intel-mid-dma does not follow a new DMA workflow let's prepare SPI DW
> > > > driver for that.
> 
> > > I don't understand what this change is supposed to do - what is "a new
> > > DMA workflow"?
> 
> > The client is obliged to call dma_async_issue_pending() which starts the
> > actual transfers. Old DMA drivers do not follow this, since requirement
> > was introduced in 2011 IIRC.
> 
> > Current DMA driver for spi-dw doesn't follow this, but dw_dmac does.
> 
> So be specific about it missing the call so someone reading the
> changelog can understand what this is supposed to do.

Will do.


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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Intel Finland Oy

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