Re: [PATCH V3] serial/uart/8250: Add tunable RX interrupt trigger I/F of FIFO buffers

From: Heikki Krogerus
Date: Fri Mar 14 2014 - 10:38:47 EST


On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:04:00PM +0000, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> Otherwise this looks good to me. The interface is sensible, it can be
> expanded easily to other devices and device types, and the logic looks
> right.

I have one concern..

I think this may be problematic when used with DMA. The burst size is
usually expected to be aligned with the trigger level.

Though I don't know how big risk that actually is.


Thanks,

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heikki
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