From: Joel A Fernandes <agnel.joel@xxxxxxxxx> A-sync case in EDMA driver is tricky and not so obvious. Document the reasons for the calculations and the scenarious they are used. Signed-off-by: Joel A Fernandes <agnel.joel@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/edma.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/dma/edma.c b/drivers/dma/edma.c index e008ed2..a1d9f3785 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/edma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/edma.c @@ -284,8 +284,24 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *edma_prep_slave_sg( */ if (burst == 1) { edesc->absync = false; + /* + * For the A-sync case, bcnt and ccnt are the remainder + * and quotient respectively of the division of: + * (sg_dma_len(sg) / acnt) by (SZ_64K -1). This is so + * that in case bcnt over flows, we have ccnt to use. + * Note: In A-sync tranfer only, bcntrld is used, but it + * only applies for sg_dma_len(sg) >= SZ_64K. + * In this case, the best way adopted is- bccnt for the + * first frame will be the remainder below. Then for + * every successive frame, bcnt will be SZ_64K-1. This + * is assured as bcntrld = 0xffff in end of function. + */ ccnt = sg_dma_len(sg) / acnt / (SZ_64K - 1); bcnt = sg_dma_len(sg) / acnt - ccnt * (SZ_64K - 1); + /* + * If bcnt is non-zero, we have a remainder and hence an + * extra frame to transfer, so increment ccnt. + */ if (bcnt) ccnt++; else @@ -343,6 +359,12 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *edma_prep_slave_sg( edesc->pset[i].a_b_cnt = bcnt << 16 | acnt; edesc->pset[i].ccnt = ccnt; + /* + * Only time when (bcntrld) auto reload is required is for + * A-sync case, and in this case, a requirement of reload value + * of SZ_64K-1 only is assured. 'link' is initially set to NULL + * and then later will be populated by edma_execute. + */ edesc->pset[i].link_bcntrld = 0xffffffff; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html