As discussed recently the meaning of DMA_CTRL_ACK is that a desc cannot be
reused by provider until the client acknowledges receipt, i.e. has has a
chance to establish any dependency chains. So update documentation
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
Acked-by:Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Add documentation about acking the transfers, and their
reusability.
Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
Now that we have splitted device_control and removed device_slave_caps in favor
of a few dma_device variables, update the documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
The dmaengine is neither trivial nor properly documented at the moment, which
means a lot of trial and error development, which is not that good for such a
central piece of the system.
Attempt at making such a documentation.
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
[fixed some minor typos]
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
Vinod Koul
Robert Jarzmik
Maxime Ripard