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The DMA controller channel and port configuration is changed by selecting the port or channel in one register and then update the configuration in other registers. This has to be done in an atomic operation. Previously only the local interrupts were deactivated which works for single CPU systems. If the system supports SMP a better locking is needed, use spinlocks instead. On more recent SoCs (at least xrx200 and later) there are two memory regions to change the configuration, there we could use one area for each CPU and do not have to synchronize between the CPUs and more. Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> Cc: john@phrozen.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14912/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.