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Subject: Re: dmaengine: dw-dmac: Custom cyclic API (Why?)
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From: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>
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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 12:05:25 +0000
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++dw-dmac Maintainers


On 30-12-2016 11:32, Jose Abreu wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
> I am going to work with dw-dmac AHB controller and I wanted to
> use SND_DMAENGINE_PCM. In order to use this, a standard DMA
> driver with cyclic support is needed. I found out that dw-dmac is
> capable of cyclic transfers but instead of using the DMA engine
> standard cyclic API it uses a custom API. Is there any specific
> reason for this? What is the effort to change the custom API to a
> standard DMA engine cyclic API?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jose Miguel Abreu
>