Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 22:12:47 +0200 From: Jakub Klama <jceel@semihalf.com> To: soc-status@freebsd.org Subject: [DMA Engine Framework] status report #1 Message-ID: <C12C54A6-6474-435A-B4C6-9D3BFD81F388@semihalf.com>
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Done this week:
* Created early skeleton of API for DMA engine drivers=20
(Milesone M1: in progress)
* Written basic working driver for DaVinci EDMA3 engine using above =
mentioned=20
API (Milestone M2: in progress)
* Written basic character device driver to test some transfers
* Submitted first DMA transfers and got correct results. :-)
Plans for next week:
* Improve DMA engine drivers API:
- get information from DMA engine about supported transfer types
- think about some transfer validation mechanism (eg. "this transfer =
can't be
done using this device" or "this is illegal transfer because address =
ranges
overlap") [1]
* Write some skeleton of DMA engine API for use in various kernel =
subsystems
and device drivers.
* Think about DMA transfer descriptor structure - can we simplify it?
Potential problems:
* [1] - transfer descriptors are somewhat complex and transfer =
validation
can be complex too (checking address ranges, stride sizes/spacings,
FIFO widths, etc on source and destination buffers)
--=20
Jakub Klama.=
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