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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 00/11] dmaengine: kill off dma_slave_config->slave_id
On 22-11-21, 23:21, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> I recently came across some new uses of the 'slave_id' field that
> I had (almost) removed a few years ago. There are no legitimate
> uses of this field in the kernel, only a few stale references and
> two drivers that abuse the field as a side-channel between the
> dmaengine driver and its client.
>
> Let's change the xilinx and qualcomm drivers to use the documented
> side-channel (peripheral_data) instead, and remove the remnants of
> it to prevent new users from coming in.
>
> I think I got all the necessary Acks on v1 already, so if there are
> no further concerns, please merge this through the dmaengine tree
> for v5.17, or pull from

Arnd, Thanks for the cleanup. I have applied and folder the fix you sent
in this

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~Vinod

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