RE: [RFC][PATCH] DMA: Expand dmaengine implementation for more DMACs

2007-07-11 Thread Nelson, Shannon
Dan Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On 7/3/07, Peter Pearse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The existing DMAC used by the dmaengine API (Intel IOAT) assumes all >> possible clients can use any available DMA channel. >> >> Some other DMACs restrict particular peripherals to >particular

Re: [RFC][PATCH] DMA: Expand dmaengine implementation for more DMACs

2007-07-11 Thread Dan Williams
On 7/3/07, Peter Pearse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, The existing DMAC used by the dmaengine API (Intel IOAT) assumes all possible clients can use any available DMA channel. Some other DMACs restrict particular peripherals to particular DMA channels. The patch below (against v2.6.22-rc7) ext

[RFC][PATCH] DMA: Expand dmaengine implementation for more DMACs

2007-07-03 Thread Peter Pearse
Hi, The existing DMAC used by the dmaengine API (Intel IOAT) assumes all possible clients can use any available DMA channel. Some other DMACs restrict particular peripherals to particular DMA channels. The patch below (against v2.6.22-rc7) extends the dmaengine implementation to allow such DMA