Re: [PATCH 03/03] omap hsmmc: adaptation of sdma descriptor autoloading feature

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Madhusudhan <madhu.cr@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-mmc-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-mmc-
>> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Venkatraman S
>> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 5:27 AM
>> To: linux-mmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> linux-omap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [PATCH 03/03] omap hsmmc: adaptation of sdma descriptor
>> autoloading feature
>>
>> Start to use the sDMA descriptor autoloading feature.
>> For large datablocks, the MMC driver has to repeatedly setup, program
>> and teardown the
>> dma channel for each element of the sglist received in omap_hsmmc_request.
>>
>> By using descriptor autoloading, transfers from / to each element of
>> the sglist is pre programmed
>> into a linked list. The sDMA driver completes the entire transaction
>> and provides a single interrupt.
>>
>> Due to this, number of dma interrupts for a typical 100MB transfer on the
>> MMC is
>> reduced from 25000 to about 400 (approximate). Transfer speeds are
>> improved by ~5%
>> (Though it varies on the size of read / write & improves on huge
>> transfers)
>>
>> Descriptor autoloading is available only in 3630 and 4430 (as of now).
>> Hence normal DMA
>> mode is also retained.
>>
>> Tested on omap4430 sdp.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Venkatraman S <svenkatr@xxxxxx>
>
> I don't see any issues with this patch except the concern I had on the first
> patch in the series. Why is that change linked to this series?
>
  Thanks. The problem was seen only in the context of using descriptor
load. Would
you prefer that I post it as a separate patch ?
Regards,
Venkat.
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