Re: [PATCH 0/3] dmaengine: Stear users towards dma_request_slave_chan()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Feb 03 2020 - 05:37:37 EST


On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 12:32 PM Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx> wrote:

> dma_request_slave_channel_reason() no longer have user in mainline, it
> can be removed.
>
> Advise users of dma_request_slave_channel() and
> dma_request_slave_channel_compat() to move to dma_request_slave_chan()

How? There are legacy ARM boards you have to care / remove before.
DMAengine subsystem makes a p*s off decisions without taking care of
(I'm talking now about dma release callback, for example) end users.
They will be scary for no reason.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko