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Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 10:12:51 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: Add DMA to Linux PCI EP Framework
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Hi Kishon,

On 03-06-19, 09:54, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:

> right. For the endpoint case, drivers/pci/controller should register with the
> dmaengine i.e if the controller has aN embedded DMA (I think it should be okay
> to keep that in drivers/pci/controller itself instead of drivers/dma) and
> drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/ should use dmaengine API's (Depending on the
> platform, this will either use system DMA or DMA within the PCI controller).

Typically I would prefer the driver to be part of drivers/dma.
Would this be a standalone driver or part of the endpoint driver. In
former case we can move to dmaengine for latter i guess it makes sense
to stay in PCI

Thanks
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~Vinod