Re: [PATCH] dma: tegra: implement flags parameters for cyclic transfer

From: Stephen Warren
Date: Thu Dec 20 2012 - 11:46:21 EST


On 12/19/2012 11:11 PM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 December 2012 10:32 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 12/19/2012 06:40 AM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
>>> The flag parameter is added in the cyclic transfer request.
>>> Use the flag option of:
>>> - DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT for enabling interrupt.
>>> - DMA_CTRL_ACK for deciding whether ack is requred or not for
>>> descriptor.
>> Do the relevant drivers that use Tegra's DMA engine already set flags
>> correctly, so that this change won't cause any regressions?
>>
>
> Currently, the sound soc driver uses the cyclic mode of dma transfer and
> it has already enable the proper flags. This was done recently after
> adding flags in cyclic api.
> Also, there was bug in our dma driver for not setting DMA_CTRL_ACK by
> default for cyclic case.
> This will fix the issue.

OK. I assume "This was done recently after adding flags in cyclic api."
was a patch that went into 3.8? So, this patch is a bug-fix that should
be included in 3.8 then?
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