RE: [PATCH 05/11] mmc/host: add context parameter for DMA_SLAVEand DMA_CYCLIC

[Bounine, Alexandre]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Russell King wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 08:52:07AM -0800, Bounine, Alexandre wrote:
> > If these API changes will be approved I will resubmit these changes
> > as one patch.
> 
> I'd like to suggest an alternative approach, if you still want to add
a
> void * parameter to this.
> 
> 1. A patch which adds this, and convert users over to it:
> 
> static inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(
> 	struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sg, unsigned sg_len,
> 	enum dma_transfer_direction direction, unsigned long flags)
> {
> 	return chan->device->device_prep_slave_sg(chan, sg, sglen, dir,
> flags);
> }
> 
> 2. Change device->device_prep_slave_sg() to have a new prototype, and
>    update the above inline function to cope with the change.  This API
>    change is then restricted to just the DMA engine code.
> 
> 3. Introduce a new inline function to deal with rapidio slave sg
>    submission.
> 
> This means all drivers which aren't capable of using the special
> rapidio
> features get to ignore the new details about rapidio entirely.
> 

This looks like a great improvement to the original proposal.
I will just add another inline function (with specific type for
parameter)
inside of RapidIO subsystem.

If DMA engine maintainers agree with this approach, I will build a new
patch within next week (changes to existing drivers first, RapidIO to
follow).

Thank you,

Alex.

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