On 16 May 2012 22:42, Jon Hunter [off-list ref] wrote:

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What is still unclear to me, is if you use this token approach how
readable is the device-tree? For example, if you have a client that can
use one of two dmac and for each dmac the request/channel number is
different, then by using a global token how can I determine what the
options available for this client are?

Simple - you/client need not know about any option at all :)

Client driver would simply request some channel and if it
doesn't get it, it bails out.

It would be the DMACs' DT node that would contain that info.

Yes, but what if I am doing some custom application and want to modify
the mapping that is being used? So I just wanted to make sure it is easy
to understand assuming that you understand what your h/w is capable of.

Any scenario when a client would want to choose which dma controller
it runs on?

Because when we say a client could be provided a channel on any of the
two given dmacs, it implies that the client wouldn't feel any difference.