Re: [PATCH 5/8] dmaengine: ste_dma40: Ensure src and dst registersare configured correctly

From: Lee Jones
Date: Tue Apr 09 2013 - 15:09:26 EST


On Tue, 09 Apr 2013, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> On Tuesday 09 April 2013, Lee Jones wrote:
> > Confusingly d40_log_cfg() is used to set up the logical channel
> > configuration registers, but d40_phy_cfg() is used to configure
> > physical and logical registers, so it should be called in both
> > cases. It is the function call's final attribute which determines
> > whether it's a physical or logical channel, not whether the
> > function is called or not.
>
> So how did it ever work? Your description sounds like it was
> broken all along, but I would assume that someone tested the code.

>From what I can see, not.

My best guess is that the 'test' was to see if the configuration
changed using the debug print at the end of the function. I don't see
how else the configuration can be written to hardware.

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