Re: [PATCH v9 00/13] dmaengine: edma: add freescale edma v3 support

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Mon Jul 03 2023 - 11:01:02 EST


On 03/07/2023 16:45, Frank Li wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 02, 2023 at 10:22:22PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 28/06/2023 16:45, Frank Li wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 04:12:08PM -0400, Frank Li wrote:
>>>> This patch series introduces support for the eDMA version 3 from
>>>> Freescale. The eDMA v3 brings alterations in the register layout,
>>>> particularly, the separation of channel control registers into
>>>> different channels. The Transfer Control Descriptor (TCD) layout,
>>>> however, remains identical with only the offset being changed.
>>>>
>>>> The first 11 patches aim at tidying up the existing Freescale
>>>> eDMA code and laying the groundwork for the integration of eDMA v3
>>>> support.
>>>>
>>>> Patch 1-11:
>>>> These patches primarily focus on cleaning up and refactoring the existing
>>>> fsl_edma driver code. This is to accommodate the upcoming changes and new
>>>> features introduced with the eDMA v3.
>>>>
>>>> Patch 12:
>>>> This patch introduces support for eDMA v3. In addition, this patch has
>>>> been designed with an eye towards future upgradability, specifically for
>>>> transitioning to eDMA v5. The latter involves a significant upgrade
>>>> where the TCD address would need to support 64 bits.
>>>>
>>>> Patch 13:
>>>> This patch focuses on the device tree bindings and their modifications
>>>> to properly handle and integrate the changes brought about by eDMA v3
>>>
>>> @vkoul:
>>> Do you have chance to check these patches? Any chance to come into 6.5
>>> All audio parts of i.MX8x and i.MX9 was dependent on these patches.
>>
>> Why do you ping during the merge window?
>>
>> v6.5? And what about having it in next for two weeks? One thing is to
>> ping for something forgotten, different thing is to try squeeze patches
>> skipping our process.
>
> I saw dmaengine tree have not update over 5 weeks.
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vkoul/dmaengine.git/

Then you should have pinged during that time.

> And vkoul have not sent out pull request yet. So I just want to check
> if possible.

It is merge window. Patches are supposed to be in next for two weeks
before merge window.



Best regards,
Krzysztof