Re: [PATCH] dma: remove bad_dma_ops to fix build fail

From: Sudip Mukherjee
Date: Mon Jun 13 2016 - 08:11:24 EST


On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 12:59:11PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:51:08AM +0100, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:29:34AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
>
> > > Right, we've got a couple of obscure architectures with no DMA support
> > > which are leading to a constant stream of patches like this that are
> > > being triggered by compile coverage stuff. In situations like this we
> > > very often provide stubs rather than having to handle this in lots of
> > > different places in the code.
>
> > Ok, I will do that. But I am seeing arch/m32r/include/asm/m32102.h is
> > defining the DMA Controller registers and also a MAX_DMA_ADDRESS is
> > defined in dma.h. Doesn't that mean that this arch is capable of DMA?
>
> Quite possibly, but they don't seem to implement the standard interfaces
> for generic code (this sort of thing is quite common for the less widely
> used architectures sadly).

If only I had a board to play with the DMA code. :(

I will go for the stub like you said.

Regards
Sudip