On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:57:57AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > + * @dev: struct device to get DMA request from > + * @index: index of FixedDMA descriptor for @dev > + * > + * Returns pointer to appropriate dma channel on success or NULL on error. > + */ > +struct dma_chan *acpi_dma_request_slave_chan_by_index(struct device *dev, > + size_t index) > +{ So i think this will be called by client driver to request a channel right? If so how does client find the device pointer for dma controller. And index is a global one, right? What is it use ? > + struct acpi_dma_parser_data pdata; > + struct acpi_dma_spec *dma_spec = &pdata.dma_spec; > + struct list_head resource_list; > + struct acpi_device *adev; > + struct acpi_dma *adma; > + struct dma_chan *chan; > + > + /* Check if the device was enumerated by ACPI */ > + if (!dev || !ACPI_HANDLE(dev)) > + return NULL; > + > + if (acpi_bus_get_device(ACPI_HANDLE(dev), &adev)) > + return NULL; > + > + memset(&pdata, 0, sizeof(pdata)); > + pdata.index = index; > + > + /* Initial values for the request line and channel */ > + dma_spec->chan_id = -1; > + dma_spec->slave_id = -1; > + > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resource_list); > + acpi_dev_get_resources(adev, &resource_list, > + acpi_dma_parse_fixed_dma, &pdata); > + acpi_dev_free_resource_list(&resource_list); > + > + if (dma_spec->slave_id < 0 || dma_spec->chan_id < 0) > + return NULL; > + > + mutex_lock(&acpi_dma_lock); > + > + list_for_each_entry(adma, &acpi_dma_list, dma_controllers) { > + dma_spec->dev = adma->dev; > + chan = adma->acpi_dma_xlate(dma_spec, adma); > + if (chan) { > + mutex_unlock(&acpi_dma_lock); > + return chan; > + } > + } > + > + mutex_unlock(&acpi_dma_lock); > + return NULL; in this and error handling you are not doing anything different so why code duplication? > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_dma_request_slave_chan_by_index); > + > +/** > + * acpi_dma_request_slave_chan_by_name - Get the DMA slave channel > + * @dev: struct device to get DMA request from > + * @name: represents corresponding FixedDMA descriptor for @dev > + * > + * In order to support both Device Tree and ACPI in a single driver we > + * translate the names "tx" and "rx" here based on the most common case where > + * the first FixedDMA descriptor is TX and second is RX. > + * > + * Returns pointer to appropriate dma channel on success or NULL on error. > + */ > +struct dma_chan *acpi_dma_request_slave_chan_by_name(struct device *dev, > + const char *name) > +{ > + size_t index; > + > + if (!strcmp(name, "tx")) > + index = 0; > + else if (!strcmp(name, "rx")) > + index = 1; > + else > + return NULL; > + > + return acpi_dma_request_slave_chan_by_index(dev, index); are you going to a have a different descriptor for tx and rx? Is index only for tx = 0 and rx =1 always. How would a controller be represented which has 8 channels, each channel can do DMA in either direction > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_dma_request_slave_chan_by_name); > + > +/** > + * acpi_dma_simple_xlate - Simple ACPI DMA engine translation helper > + * @dma_spec: pointer to ACPI DMA specifier > + * @adma: pointer to ACPI DMA controller data > + * > + * A simple translation function for ACPI based devices. Passes &struct > + * dma_spec to the DMA controller driver provided filter function. Returns > + * pointer to the channel if found or %NULL otherwise. > + */ > +struct dma_chan *acpi_dma_simple_xlate(struct acpi_dma_spec *dma_spec, > + struct acpi_dma *adma) > +{ > + struct acpi_dma_filter_info *info = adma->data; what is the purpose of filter here? > + > + if (!info || !info->filter_fn) > + return NULL; > + > + return dma_request_channel(info->dma_cap, info->filter_fn, dma_spec); > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_dma_simple_xlate); > diff --git a/include/linux/acpi_dma.h b/include/linux/acpi_dma.h > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..d09deab > --- /dev/null > +++ b/include/linux/acpi_dma.h > @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ > +/* > + * ACPI helpers for DMA request / controller > + * > + * Based on of_dma.h > + * > + * Copyright (C) 2013, Intel Corporation > + * Author: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + * > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as > + * published by the Free Software Foundation. > + */ > + > +#ifndef __LINUX_ACPI_DMA_H > +#define __LINUX_ACPI_DMA_H > + > +#include <linux/list.h> > +#include <linux/device.h> > +#include <linux/dmaengine.h> > + > +/** > + * struct acpi_dma_spec - slave device DMA resources > + * @chan_id: channel unique id > + * @slave_id: request line unique id > + * @dev: struct device of the DMA controller to be used in the filter > + * function > + */ > +struct acpi_dma_spec { > + int chan_id; > + int slave_id; > + struct device *dev; > +}; is this the representation of Fixed DMA, if so why have you omitted transfer widths? I can see obvious benefits of using that -- ~Vinod -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html