From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Vinod <vkoul@kernel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au>,
Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>,
Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>,
dmaengine@vger.kernel.org,
Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux-sh list <linux-sh@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dmaengine: sh: Remove R-Mobile APE6 support
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 15:17:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdX_JS6Ak3jN2wBLTRe0tCY=bhRiU1gpMG_43A0B4uCebw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181129142508.GJ3175@vkoul-mobl.Dlink>
Hi Vinod,
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 3:25 PM Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org> wrote:
> On 29-11-18, 12:18, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Renesas R-Mobile APE6 support is currently unused:
> > - DMA slaves were never enabled in r8a73a4.dtsi,
> > - The driver relies on legacy filter matching and describing all
> > slaves and MID/RIDs in a table, unlike modern DMA engine drivers for
> > similar hardware like rcar-dmac,
> > - The driver doesn't seem to work well.
> >
> > Remove the driver, it can be resurrected from git history when needed.
> >
> > As this was the last user of SH_DMAE_BASE on Renesas ARM SoCs, the
> > sh-dma-engine driver core is now used on SuperH only.
> >
> > Note that the DT bindings are still present, as r8a73a4.dtsi uses them.
>
> Sorry but this doesnt apply for me, can you please rebase on topic/sh
> and resend.
Sorry, will rebase and resend.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-03 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-29 11:18 [PATCH v2] dmaengine: sh: Remove R-Mobile APE6 support Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-11-29 14:25 ` Vinod Koul
2018-12-03 14:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
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