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[v2,1/3] doc: dmaengine: client-api: Add immediate commands in the DMA client API

Message ID 20221027051429.46593-2-sireeshkodali1@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
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Series dmaengine: Add support for immediate commands | expand

Commit Message

Sireesh Kodali Oct. 27, 2022, 5:14 a.m. UTC 
Immediate commands are used by the IPA driver to send commands to the
microcontroller over BAM. These are different from PREP_CMD.

Signed-off-by: Sireesh Kodali <sireeshkodali1@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst | 10 ++++++++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
index ceac2a300e32..5afe21191299 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
@@ -590,6 +590,16 @@  DMA_CTRL_REUSE
     writes for which the descriptor should be in different format from
     normal data descriptors.
 
+- DMA_PREP_IMM_CMD
+
+  - If set, the client driver tells DMA controller that passed data in DMA
+    API is immediate command data.
+
+  - Interpretation of command data is DMA controller specific. It can be
+    used for issuing immediate commands to other peripherals/register
+    reads/register writes for which the descriptor should be in a
+    different format from normal data descriptors.
+
 - DMA_PREP_REPEAT
 
   - If set, the transfer will be automatically repeated when it ends until a