Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 May 2014 15:23:21 +0530 | From | Sekhar Nori <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 09/13] dt/bindings: ti,edma: Remove redundant properties from documentation |
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On Monday 19 May 2014 01:45 PM, Sekhar Nori wrote: > + DT maintainers > > On Friday 16 May 2014 05:47 PM, Peter Ujfalusi wrote: >> From CCCFG register of eDMA3 we can get all the needed information for the >> driver about the IP: >> Number of channels: NUM_DMACH >> Number of regions: NUM_REGN >> Number of slots (PaRAM sets): NUM_PAENTRY >> Number of TC/EQ: NUM_EVQUE >> >> The ti,edma-regions; ti,edma-slots and dma-channels in DT are >> redundant since the very same information can be obtained from the HW. >> The mentioned properties are deprecated. >> >> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> > > DT maintainers, > > Can I get an ack on deprecation of these bindings? We are using hardware > to detect the same properties so it should not cause any backward > compatibility issue when moving to newer kernels while keeping the same DTB. > > Link to last mail on this topic as part of v2 thread: > > http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.1/05152.html
Ping. Sorry for being a pest, but this ack is the only thing holding this series up. I would hate this series to miss the v3.16 deadline.
Thanks, Sekhar
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