Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:20:45 +0530 | From | Manivannan Sadhasivam <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] bus: mhi: Improve documentation on channel transfer setup APIs |
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On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 11:21:13AM -0800, Bhaumik Bhatt wrote: > The mhi_prepare_for_transfer() and mhi_unprepare_from_transfer() > APIs could use better explanation, especially with the addition > of two new APIs to start and stop the transfers on channels. Add > better set of information for those APIs to avoid confusion going > forward. > > Signed-off-by: Bhaumik Bhatt <bbhatt@codeaurora.org> > --- > include/linux/mhi.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/mhi.h b/include/linux/mhi.h > index aee8494..ee9537f 100644 > --- a/include/linux/mhi.h > +++ b/include/linux/mhi.h > @@ -690,13 +690,27 @@ int mhi_device_get_sync(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev); > void mhi_device_put(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev); > > /** > - * mhi_prepare_for_transfer - Setup channel for data transfer > + * mhi_prepare_for_transfer - Setup UL and DL channels for data transfer. > + * Allocate and initialize the channel context and > + * also issue the START channel command to both > + * channels. Channels can be started only if both > + * host and device execution environments match and > + * channels are in a DISABLED state.
It'd be good if you can add a note about how this API differs from mhi_start_transfer() API. The content says the difference but an explicit comparision would be good.
Thanks, Mani
> * @mhi_dev: Device associated with the channels > */ > int mhi_prepare_for_transfer(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev); > > /** > - * mhi_unprepare_from_transfer - Unprepare the channels > + * mhi_unprepare_from_transfer - Reset UL and DL channels for data transfer. > + * Issue the RESET channel command and let the > + * device clean-up the context so no incoming > + * transfers are seen on the host. Free memory > + * associated with the context on host. If device > + * is unresponsive, only perform a host side > + * clean-up. Channels can be reset only if both > + * host and device execution environments match > + * and channels are in an ENABLED, STOPPED or > + * SUSPENDED state. > * @mhi_dev: Device associated with the channels > */ > void mhi_unprepare_from_transfer(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev); > -- > The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, > a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project >
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