Re: [PATCH 1/7 v2] dmaengine: add a simple dma library

From: Guennadi Liakhovetski
Date: Fri Feb 03 2012 - 11:38:17 EST


Hi Vinod

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Vinod Koul wrote:

> On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 09:59 +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > Hi Vinod
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > On Tue, 31 Jan 2012, Vinod Koul wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 10:34 +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:

[snip]

> > > > How would you like to do this? Don't you think, it would be good to allow
> > > > both: either implement a dmaengine driver directly, exactly as all drivers
> > > > are doing now, or use the additional helper library for suitable (simple)
> > > > hardware types? I see it similar to I2C, where you either implement an I2C
> > > > driver directly, or you use the bitbanging abstraction for simpler
> > > > hardware.
> > > I think it would be good to have both, this can be used by folks who
> > > don't have sg support available.
> >
> > Ok, so, should I just rename the driver to sgsoft? Is this the only
> > change, that you'd like to see?
> That would be one :)
> Also, I would review the other patch patches by today/tomorrow, you can
> add any changes in next version as well

Do I understand it right, that I'm waiting for your review before
submitting the next version?

Thanks
Guennadi
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