Re: [PATCH 4/5] dmaengine: ste_dma40: Only configure a channel during a configure request

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Apr 08 2013 - 12:20:34 EST


On Monday 08 April 2013, Lee Jones wrote:
> According to the DMA documentation allocating a channel and configuring
> it are two separate actions. By moving the configuration code into the
> correct code path we lighten the burden on the information required to
> successfully allocate a channel.
>
> Cc: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Per Forlin <per.forlin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

I think the patch doesn't match the description. You only remove
the calls to configure the channel but don't add it in a proper
place.

Arnd
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