On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 01:49:20PM +0400, Alexander Popov wrote:
> >> +     case DMA_SLAVE_CONFIG:
> >> +             /*
> >> +              * Constraints:
> >> +              *  - only transfers between a peripheral device and
> >> +              *     memory are supported;
> >> +              *  - minimal transfer chunk is 4 bytes and consequently
> >> +              *     source and destination addresses must be 4-byte 
> >> aligned
> >> +              *     and transfer size must be aligned on (4 * maxburst)
> >> +              *     boundary;
> >> +              *  - during the transfer RAM address is being incremented by
> >> +              *     the size of minimal transfer chunk;
> >> +              *  - peripheral port's address is constant during the 
> >> transfer.
> >> +              */
> >> +
> >> +             cfg = (void *)arg;
> >> +
> >> +             if (cfg->src_addr_width != DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES ||
> >> +                 cfg->dst_addr_width != DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES ||
> > and why this limtation, doesnt seem covered above?
> I created this limitation because FIFO registers of LPC and SDHC
> support _only_ 4-byte access.
> 
> I tried to cover this limitation in the statement "minimal transfer chunk
> is 4 bytes". Should I make it more explicit?
expose these as capablities and try to use these in your client driver. Already
we have audio drivers using those...

-- 
~Vinod
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