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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/dmaengine')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dmaengine/dmatest.txt | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dmaengine/pxa_dma.txt | 2 |
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt index 9e33189745f0..c72b4563de10 100644 --- a/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt +++ b/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ The slave DMA usage consists of following steps: 2. Set slave and controller specific parameters Next step is always to pass some specific information to the DMA - driver. Most of the generic information which a slave DMA can use - is in struct dma_slave_config. This allows the clients to specify + driver. Most of the generic information which a slave DMA can use + is in struct dma_slave_config. This allows the clients to specify DMA direction, DMA addresses, bus widths, DMA burst lengths etc for the peripheral. @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The slave DMA usage consists of following steps: struct dma_slave_config *config) Please see the dma_slave_config structure definition in dmaengine.h - for a detailed explanation of the struct members. Please note + for a detailed explanation of the struct members. Please note that the 'direction' member will be going away as it duplicates the direction given in the prepare call. @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The slave DMA usage consists of following steps: desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgl, nr_sg, direction, flags); Once a descriptor has been obtained, the callback information can be - added and the descriptor must then be submitted. Some DMA engine + added and the descriptor must then be submitted. Some DMA engine drivers may hold a spinlock between a successful preparation and submission so it is important that these two operations are closely paired. @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ The slave DMA usage consists of following steps: activity via other DMA engine calls not covered in this document. dmaengine_submit() will not start the DMA operation, it merely adds - it to the pending queue. For this, see step 5, dma_async_issue_pending. + it to the pending queue. For this, see step 5, dma_async_issue_pending. 5. Issue pending DMA requests and wait for callback notification @@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ Further APIs: 3. int dmaengine_resume(struct dma_chan *chan) - Resume a previously paused DMA channel. It is invalid to resume a + Resume a previously paused DMA channel. It is invalid to resume a channel which is not currently paused. 4. enum dma_status dma_async_is_tx_complete(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie, dma_cookie_t *last, dma_cookie_t *used) - This can be used to check the status of the channel. Please see + This can be used to check the status of the channel. Please see the documentation in include/linux/dmaengine.h for a more complete description of this API. @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Further APIs: Note: Not all DMA engine drivers can return reliable information for - a running DMA channel. It is recommended that DMA engine users + a running DMA channel. It is recommended that DMA engine users pause or stop (via dmaengine_terminate_all()) the channel before using this API. diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine/dmatest.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine/dmatest.txt index dd77a81bdb80..fb683c72dea8 100644 --- a/Documentation/dmaengine/dmatest.txt +++ b/Documentation/dmaengine/dmatest.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ command: % ls -1 /sys/class/dma/ Once started a message like "dmatest: Started 1 threads using dma0chan0" is -emitted. After that only test failure messages are reported until the test +emitted. After that only test failure messages are reported until the test stops. Note that running a new test will not stop any in progress test. @@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ The following command returns the state of the test. % cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run To wait for test completion userpace can poll 'run' until it is false, or use -the wait parameter. Specifying 'wait=1' when loading the module causes module +the wait parameter. Specifying 'wait=1' when loading the module causes module initialization to pause until a test run has completed, while reading /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/wait waits for any running test to complete -before returning. For example, the following scripts wait for 42 tests -to complete before exiting. Note that if 'iterations' is set to 'infinite' then +before returning. For example, the following scripts wait for 42 tests +to complete before exiting. Note that if 'iterations' is set to 'infinite' then waiting is disabled. Example: @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Example of output: The message format is unified across the different types of errors. A number in the parens represents additional information, e.g. error code, error counter, -or status. A test thread also emits a summary line at completion listing the +or status. A test thread also emits a summary line at completion listing the number of tests executed, number that failed, and a result code. Example: diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt index c4fd47540b31..e33bc1c8ed2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt +++ b/Documentation/dmaengine/provider.txt @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ where to put them) - The descriptor should be prepared for reuse by invoking dmaengine_desc_set_reuse() which will set DMA_CTRL_REUSE. - dmaengine_desc_set_reuse() will succeed only when channel support - reusable descriptor as exhibited by capablities + reusable descriptor as exhibited by capabilities - As a consequence, if a device driver wants to skip the dma_map_sg() and dma_unmap_sg() in between 2 transfers, because the DMA'd data wasn't used, it can resubmit the transfer right after its completion. diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine/pxa_dma.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine/pxa_dma.txt index 413ef9cfaa4d..0736d44b5438 100644 --- a/Documentation/dmaengine/pxa_dma.txt +++ b/Documentation/dmaengine/pxa_dma.txt @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Constraints d) Bandwidth guarantee The PXA architecture has 4 levels of DMAs priorities : high, normal, low. - The high prorities get twice as much bandwidth as the normal, which get twice + The high priorities get twice as much bandwidth as the normal, which get twice as much as the low priorities. A driver should be able to request a priority, especially the real-time ones such as pxa_camera with (big) throughputs. |