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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst index ceac2a300e32..1594598b3317 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst @@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ Currently, the types available are: - It's usually used for copying pixel data between host memory and memory-mapped GPU device memory, such as found on modern PCI video graphics cards. The most immediate example is the OpenGL API function - ``glReadPielx()``, which might require a verbatim copy of a huge framebuffer - from local device memory onto host memory. + ``glReadPixels()``, which might require a verbatim copy of a huge + framebuffer from local device memory onto host memory. - DMA_XOR @@ -217,10 +217,12 @@ Currently, the types available are: - DMA_ASYNC_TX - - Must not be set by the device, and will be set by the framework - if needed + - The device supports asynchronous memory-to-memory operations, + including memcpy, memset, xor, pq, xor_val, and pq_val. - - TODO: What is it about? + - This capability is automatically set by the DMA engine + framework and must not be configured manually by device + drivers. - DMA_SLAVE @@ -433,6 +435,12 @@ supported. - residue: Provides the residue bytes of the transfer for those that support residue. +- ``device_prep_peripheral_dma_vec`` + + - Similar to ``device_prep_slave_sg``, but it takes a pointer to a + array of ``dma_vec`` structures, which (in the long run) will replace + scatterlists. + - ``device_issue_pending`` - Takes the first transaction descriptor in the pending queue, @@ -544,6 +552,10 @@ dma_cookie_t - Not really relevant any more since the introduction of ``virt-dma`` that abstracts it away. +dma_vec + +- A small structure that contains a DMA address and length. + DMA_CTRL_ACK - If clear, the descriptor cannot be reused by provider until the |