linux/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/dma.txt
Peter Ujfalusi 56f13c0d95 dmaengine: of_dma: Support for DMA routers
DMA routers are transparent devices used to mux DMA requests from
peripherals to DMA controllers. They are used when the SoC integrates more
devices with DMA requests then their controller can handle.
DRA7x is one example of such SoC, where the sDMA can hanlde 128 DMA request
lines, but in SoC level it has 205 DMA requests.

The of_dma_router will be registered as of_dma_controller with special
xlate function and additional parameters. The driver for the router is
responsible to craft the dma_spec (in the of_dma_route_allocate callback)
which can be used to requests a DMA channel from the real DMA controller.
This way the router can be transparent for the system while remaining generic
enough to be used in different environments.

Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>
2015-05-09 17:11:25 +05:30

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* Generic DMA Controller and DMA request bindings
Generic binding to provide a way for a driver using DMA Engine to retrieve the
DMA request or channel information that goes from a hardware device to a DMA
controller.
* DMA controller
Required property:
- #dma-cells: Must be at least 1. Used to provide DMA controller
specific information. See DMA client binding below for
more details.
Optional properties:
- dma-channels: Number of DMA channels supported by the controller.
- dma-requests: Number of DMA request signals supported by the
controller.
Example:
dma: dma@48000000 {
compatible = "ti,omap-sdma";
reg = <0x48000000 0x1000>;
interrupts = <0 12 0x4
0 13 0x4
0 14 0x4
0 15 0x4>;
#dma-cells = <1>;
dma-channels = <32>;
dma-requests = <127>;
};
* DMA router
DMA routers are transparent IP blocks used to route DMA request lines from
devices to the DMA controller. Some SoCs (like TI DRA7x) have more peripherals
integrated with DMA requests than what the DMA controller can handle directly.
Required property:
- dma-masters: phandle of the DMA controller or list of phandles for
the DMA controllers the router can direct the signal to.
- #dma-cells: Must be at least 1. Used to provide DMA router specific
information. See DMA client binding below for more
details.
Optional properties:
- dma-requests: Number of incoming request lines the router can handle.
- In the node pointed by the dma-masters:
- dma-requests: The router driver might need to look for this in order
to configure the routing.
Example:
sdma_xbar: dma-router@4a002b78 {
compatible = "ti,dra7-dma-crossbar";
reg = <0x4a002b78 0xfc>;
#dma-cells = <1>;
dma-requests = <205>;
ti,dma-safe-map = <0>;
dma-masters = <&sdma>;
};
* DMA client
Client drivers should specify the DMA property using a phandle to the controller
followed by DMA controller specific data.
Required property:
- dmas: List of one or more DMA specifiers, each consisting of
- A phandle pointing to DMA controller node
- A number of integer cells, as determined by the
#dma-cells property in the node referenced by phandle
containing DMA controller specific information. This
typically contains a DMA request line number or a
channel number, but can contain any data that is
required for configuring a channel.
- dma-names: Contains one identifier string for each DMA specifier in
the dmas property. The specific strings that can be used
are defined in the binding of the DMA client device.
Multiple DMA specifiers can be used to represent
alternatives and in this case the dma-names for those
DMA specifiers must be identical (see examples).
Examples:
1. A device with one DMA read channel, one DMA write channel:
i2c1: i2c@1 {
...
dmas = <&dma 2 /* read channel */
&dma 3>; /* write channel */
dma-names = "rx", "tx";
...
};
2. A single read-write channel with three alternative DMA controllers:
dmas = <&dma1 5
&dma2 7
&dma3 2>;
dma-names = "rx-tx", "rx-tx", "rx-tx";
3. A device with three channels, one of which has two alternatives:
dmas = <&dma1 2 /* read channel */
&dma1 3 /* write channel */
&dma2 0 /* error read */
&dma3 0>; /* alternative error read */
dma-names = "rx", "tx", "error", "error";