On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 07:40:52AM +0000, Appana Durga Kedareswara Rao wrote:
> > > +static void zynqmp_dma_desc_config_eod(struct zynqmp_dma_chan *chan,
> > > +void *desc)
> >
> > eod? 80 line?
What's eod?
> > > +int zynqmp_dma_channel_set_config(struct dma_chan *dchan,
> > > + struct zynqmp_dma_config *cfg)
> > > +{
> > > + struct zynqmp_dma_chan *chan = to_chan(dchan);
> > > +
> > > + chan->config.ovrfetch = cfg->ovrfetch;
> > > + chan->config.has_sg = cfg->has_sg;
> >
> > is this HW capability? if so why would anyone not like to use it!
>
> Yes it is HW capability. It can be either in simple mode or SG mode
> Earlier In the driver this configuration is read from the device-tree
> But as per lars and your suggestion moved it as runtime config parameters.
If sg mode is available why would anyone _not_ want it?
I do not think there is point to have this
>
> >
> > > + chan->config.ratectrl = cfg->ratectrl;
> > > + chan->config.src_issue = cfg->src_issue;
> > > + chan->config.src_burst_len = cfg->src_burst_len;
> > > + chan->config.dst_burst_len = cfg->dst_burst_len;
> >
> > can you describe these parameters?
> ratectl:
> Rate control can be independently enabled per channel. When rate control is enabled, the
> DMA channel uses the rate control count to schedule successive data read transactions.
And how is this used by client?
> src_issue:
> Tells outstanding transaction on SRC.
This should be read only then, right?
> Burst_len:
> Configures the burst length of the src and dst transfers...
Hmmm, but you are on memcpy, so that should be programmed for throughput?
> >
> > How would a client know how to configure them?
>
> With the default values of the config parameters driver will work.
But how will client know what is default!
> If user has specific requirement to change these parameters they can pass
> It to the driver using set_config API and all these parameters are
> Documented in the include/linux/dma/xilinx_dma.h file...
Can you give me an example where user would like to do that
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~Vinod
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