Re: dmaengine.c: question about device_alloc_chan_resources

[Alan Cox]

> > I could use this feature.  The sound drivers for our MPC8610 processor use DMA,
> > but the drivers need to control the DMA hardware directly, so I can't use
> > dmaengine.  I would like to be able to just reserve the channels and program
> > them as I see fit.


> The hardware on the PC/AT machines won't allow you to
> reserve a specific channel and program it as you see fit,

And since when have MPC8610 processors been used in PC/AT systems ?

PC type ISA DMA is a special (mostly PC specific) interface of its own.

Alan
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