[PATCH 1/4] Add DMA sector to Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt file.
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Jul 11 00:01:19 EST 2007
> + k) DMA
> +
> + This sector define DMA for dma-engine driver of Freescale
It's called a "device node" or "node", not a "sector".
> + - compatible : Should be "fsl,mpc8xxx-dma"
Should _include_, not should _be_. And none of this xxx
business, of course.
> + - extended : Set the DMA channel to work at extended chain mode.
> + If not set, the DMA channel will work at basic
> + chain mode.
Call it "extended-chain-mode", perhaps?
> + - reserved : Reserve the DMA channel to device.
What does this do? Reserve it for what device, and where?
The OS driver?
Segher
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