Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: axi-dmac: Enable TLAST handling

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On 16-05-19, 12:44, Alexandru Ardelean wrote:
> From: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The TLAST flag is used by the DMAC HDL controller to signal to the
> controller that the following segment (to be submitted) is the last one (in
> a series of segments).
> 
> A receiver DMA (typically another DMAC) can read this parameter (from the
> transfer), and terminate the transfer earlier. A typical use-case for this,
> is when the receiver expects a certain amount of segments, but for some
> reason (e.g. an ADC capture which can have an unknown number of digital
> samples) the number of actual segments is smaller. The receiver would read
> this flag, and then the DMAC would finish.

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod



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