Hi, > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:40:50AM +0000, Gupta, Ajay Kumar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > CPPI4.1 (Communication Port Programming Interface) is a TI specific > DMA > > controller used in multiple TI platform such as AM33x, DA8x, AM35x, > TI81x. > > The DMA engine is mainly used by musb controller on above platform. > > > > Earlier version of the driver was submitted by Sergei Shtylyov at [1] > but > > was not merged due to disagreement on the location of driver in > kernel. > > Refer the discussions at [1] for more details. > > > > [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=125087318308323 > > > > The new implementation of the CPPI4.1 DMA slave driver will be in the > > drivers/dma folder, complying to dmaengine framework. > > It would involve changes in existing musb driver also for which > current > > plan is to maintain the compatibility of non-CPPI4.1 DMA in musb > driver. > > > > The task is planned to be spitted into below subtasks. > > > > (1) Post RFC on the API details, changes envisaged in musb driver and > other > > challenges > > > > (2) Implement and post RFC for the CPPI4.1 DMA driver and changes > needed in > > musb driver. > > > > Let me know if you have any thoughts/comments on this. > > First off, don't highjack threads (you responded to a linux-usb thread > here, get a better email client please.) Sorry for inconvenience, I will take care of this in future. Thanks, Ajay > > Second, that sounds fine, please post patches. > > thanks, > > greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
