Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: Add check for IDMAC configuration

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Girish K S
<girish.shivananjappa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12 June 2012 14:25, Will Newton <will.newton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Girish K S
>> <girish.shivananjappa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> In the Current dwmmc driver there is support for selecting IDMAC from
>>> the menu config option. If the support for IDMAC is enabled in the menu
>>> config and Hardware configuration register's DMA_INTERFACE field is 0.
>>> Still the driver will try to do the DMA initialization.
>>>
>>> The dw_mci_idmac_init function currently implemented returns only success
>>> indicating that the DMA initialization is always successful. The current
>>> patch will add a ciheck for existance of the DMA IP and allow the
>>> DMA initialization.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Girish K S <girish.shivananjappa@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c |   11 ++++++++++-
>>>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> This looks ok in principle. I'm wondering if we should only allow
>> dma_support == 0x01 (DW_DMA) in the IDMAC case? It's not clear from
>> the TRM what each of the DMA values means and I only have a system
>> with external DMA support at the moment.
> My understanding from the TRM
> if dma_support =1; then use designware dma ip for internal
> dma_support =2 then use any generic dma ip for internal dma tx
> this config is only for IDMA support. If there is a external DMA CTRL
> register should be used explicitly to enable DMA (there is no config
> available to tell external dma supported). correct me if i am wrong.

That sounds like a reasonable interpretation of the TRM. ;-)

Acked-by: Will Newton <will.newton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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