Re: [PATCH v6 00/18] Add support for FDMA DMA controller and slim core rproc found on STi chipsets

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Jul 06 2016 - 12:40:59 EST


On Wed, 2016-07-06 at 09:54 +0100, Peter Griffin wrote:
> This patchset adds support for the Flexible Direct Memory Access (FDMA) core
> found on STi chipsets from STMicroelectronics. The FDMA is a slim core CPU
> with a dedicated firmware. It is a general purpose DMA controller supporting
> 16 independent channels and data can be moved from memory to memory or between
> memory and paced latency critical real time targets.
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>  include/linux/remoteproc/st_slim_rproc.h          |  53 ++

Is this directory really necessary?

Why shouldn't this file be local to drivers/remoteproc/?