From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756952Ab2BCQiU (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:38:20 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:58069 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756875Ab2BCQiP (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:38:15 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:38:07 +0100 (CET) From: Guennadi Liakhovetski X-X-Sender: lyakh@axis700.grange To: Vinod Koul cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, Magnus Damm , Yoshihiro Shimoda , linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mundt Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7 v2] dmaengine: add a simple dma library In-Reply-To: <1328074726.1610.1.camel@vkoul-udesk3> Message-ID: References: <1327589784-4287-1-git-send-email-g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> <1327589784-4287-2-git-send-email-g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> <1327912346.1527.13.camel@vkoul-udesk3> <1327992090.1527.116.camel@vkoul-udesk3> <1328074726.1610.1.camel@vkoul-udesk3> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:4WZ8KaDjo33NzPRQR/746HQOKBcK4I1n2z5u23RCnv9 XGxSH5YTcJvnhSYjXZ+T/GjRRsPKjuIYp4fCeMgSYNWcTFcgHm Ox52oZ8zSNumF46/5RP5oBb38Zt1+m1N4Y68zpq6omVg//v2GX mac0Z0gGwo9p8Mzlpqc5AotOH8l+hc8f8aYu1XhR7IJso2YFRK PCOpjXFWACqJxPcaXyD16kHP0asymmC9NWvANYUKfMg4YoMuWS PIAztJ1z2qkMOaz7h6fLAJNb8C358YW0umGDlUtjYFdo1JyYRl p+G0yCTAWC8uTcKN7KW2WKnitOvWymGDmIE+HvPUIrVDjOK7MX /QXwTfTaWNKycJFDP3eZ/YzNG1118U2kbUbRUEljNDam86GoaI fmEWFuMVK9aaw== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Vinod On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Vinod Koul wrote: > On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 09:59 +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > Hi Vinod > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > On Tue, 31 Jan 2012, Vinod Koul wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 10:34 +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: [snip] > > > > How would you like to do this? Don't you think, it would be good to allow > > > > both: either implement a dmaengine driver directly, exactly as all drivers > > > > are doing now, or use the additional helper library for suitable (simple) > > > > hardware types? I see it similar to I2C, where you either implement an I2C > > > > driver directly, or you use the bitbanging abstraction for simpler > > > > hardware. > > > I think it would be good to have both, this can be used by folks who > > > don't have sg support available. > > > > Ok, so, should I just rename the driver to sgsoft? Is this the only > > change, that you'd like to see? > That would be one :) > Also, I would review the other patch patches by today/tomorrow, you can > add any changes in next version as well Do I understand it right, that I'm waiting for your review before submitting the next version? Thanks Guennadi --- Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D. Freelance Open-Source Software Developer http://www.open-technology.de/