Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757180AbdCUI3q (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:29:46 -0400 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:32671 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751176AbdCUI3o (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:29:44 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.36,198,1486454400"; d="scan'208";a="77668339" Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:00:52 +0530 From: Vinod Koul To: Anup Patel Cc: Rob Herring , Mark Rutland , Herbert Xu , "David S . Miller" , Jassi Brar , Dan Williams , Ray Jui , Scott Branden , Jon Mason , Rob Rice , bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/4] Broadcom SBA RAID support Message-ID: <20170321083052.GY2843@localhost> References: <1488793408-25592-1-git-send-email-anup.patel@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1488793408-25592-1-git-send-email-anup.patel@broadcom.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 951 Lines: 26 On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 03:13:24PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote: > The Broadcom SBA RAID is a stream-based device which provides > RAID5/6 offload. > > It requires a SoC specific ring manager (such as Broadcom FlexRM > ring manager) to provide ring-based programming interface. Due to > this, the Broadcom SBA RAID driver (mailbox client) implements > DMA device having one DMA channel using a set of mailbox channels > provided by Broadcom SoC specific ring manager driver (mailbox > controller). > > The Broadcom SBA RAID hardware requires PQ disk position instead > of PQ disk coefficient. To address this, we have added raid_gflog > table which will help driver to convert PQ disk coefficient to PQ > disk position. > > This patchset is based on Linux-4.11-rc1 and depends on patchset > "[PATCH v5 0/2] Broadcom FlexRM ring manager support" Okay I applied and was about to push when I noticed this :( So what is the status of this..? -- ~Vinod