On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Feb 2010, Govindraj wrote: > >> > + chan = dma_request_channel(mask, filter, param); >> > + dev_dbg(port->dev, "%s: RX: got channel %p\n", __func__, chan); >> >> >> If dma channel allocation fails how this scenario will be handled, >> There is an possibility of dma_request_channel returning -EBUSY, > > Really? How? I thought it could only return a pointer to a channel or a > NULL? And if it fails, i.e., chan == NULL, the whole code just stays > inactive and the driver falls back to normal PIO. Sorry I missed this part: if (s->chan_tx) { if (s->chan_rx) { > Thanks > Guennadi > --- > Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D. > Freelance Open-Source Software Developer > http://www.open-technology.de/ > --- Regards, Govindraj.R -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html