Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: mfd: atmel-usart: add DMA bindings for SPI mode

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Wed Nov 21 2018 - 11:48:25 EST


Hi Rob,

On 21/11/2018 10:41:01-0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > +Optional properties in serial and SPI mode:
> > +- dma bindings for dma transfer:
> > + - dmas: DMA specifier, consisting of a phandle to DMA controller node,
> > + memory peripheral interface and USART DMA channel ID, FIFO configuration.
> > + Refer to dma.txt and atmel-dma.txt for details.
> > + - dma-names: "rx" for RX channel, "tx" for TX channel.
>
> > + dma-names = "tx", "rx";
>
> The dma-names should have a defined order.
>

Why is that? Isn't the purpose of names to get rid of any particular
ordering?


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