Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] sh: dma: Correct the number of DMA channels in SH7709 | From | John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <> | Date | Tue, 04 Jul 2023 09:43:00 +0200 |
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Hi Geert!
On Tue, 2023-07-04 at 09:32 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 7:45 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > On Sat, 2023-06-17 at 13:09 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 9:32 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > > > <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2023-06-08 at 12:03 +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > > > > > > That is actually safer, as the user can override NR_ONCHIP_DMA_CHANNELS > > > > > > > > when configuring his kernel, thus breaking DMA due to an incorrect > > > > > > > > value of SH_DMAC_NR_MD_CH. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately we cannot protect against that when using a single DMAC, > > > > > > > > as SH_DMAC_NR_MD_CH can be either 4, 6, or 8. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps this configuration should be moved from Kconfig to <cpu/dma.h>, > > > > > > > > to protect against a user overriding this value? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Isn't SH_DMAC_NR_MD_CH already hardwired to the SoC being used? > > > > > > > > > > > > It depends on CONFIG_NR_ONCHIP_DMA_CHANNELS, while it > > > > > > should be fixed based on the SoC. > > > > > > > > > > I agree. However, I would be fine with merging this patch set first and fixing > > > > > this particular issue in a follow-up series. > > > > > > > > So, my suggestion is to take this series as-is for 6.5, then get the other issues > > > > you mentioned fixed for 6.6. I think it's already a gain when these issues are > > > > fixed and the kernel boots on the HP Journada 680 again. > > > > > > Sure, I don't want to block the acceptance of this series at all. > > > Thanks! > > > > Apologies for the late reply. Would you mind adding your Reviewed-by to this patch > > before I review and apply the series? > > With "must be a multiply of two" and "Must be an even number" removed. > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Thanks. I guess, I will drop the whole
"and clarify that NR_ONCHIP_DMA_CHANNELS must be a multiply of two"
then. Correct?
Adrian
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