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Date:   Tue, 6 Apr 2021 22:40:31 +0530
From:   Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@ti.com>
To:     =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E9ter?= Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/16] dmaengine: ti: k3-psil-j721e: Add entry for CSI2RX
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On 06/04/21 10:25PM, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> On 06/04/21 06:33PM, P?ter Ujfalusi wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 4/6/21 6:09 PM, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > > On 04/04/21 04:24PM, P?ter Ujfalusi wrote:
> > >> Hi Pratyush,
> > >>
> > >> On 3/30/21 8:33 PM, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > >>> The CSI2RX subsystem uses PSI-L DMA to transfer frames to memory. It can
> > >>> have up to 32 threads but the current driver only supports using one. So
> > >>> add an entry for that one thread.
> > >>
> > >> If you are absolutely sure that the other threads are not going to be
> > >> used, then:
> > > 
> > > The opposite in fact. I do expect other threads to be used in the 
> > > future. But the current driver can only use one so I figured it is 
> > > better to add just the thread that is currently needed and then I can 
> > > always add the rest later.
> > > 
> > > Why does this have to be a one-and-done deal? Is there anything wrong 
> > > with adding the other threads when the driver can actually use them?
> > 
> > You can skip CCing DMAengine (and me ;) ). Less subsystems is the better
> > when sending patches...
> 
> I'm a bit confused here. If you are no longer interested in maintaining 
> the TI DMA drivers then that's fine, I can skip CCing you. But the patch 
> is still relevant to the dmaengine list so why should I skip CCing it? 
> And if I don't CC the dmaengine list then on which list would I get 
> comments/reviews for the patch?

Ignore this. Got your point. Will do it in v2.

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Texas Instruments Inc.