On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:22 AM, John B <johnb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am wondering if any progress has been made in getting Device Tree Overlays
> (via uBoot) to correctly allow DMA to be used on the SPI devices.  I have
> not seen any recent mention of this issue.  Referring to these previous
> articles:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/beagleboard/spi$20dma%7Csort:date/beagleboard/YV5qDHTgtBQ/MAI1s-PUAQAJ
>
> and
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/beagleboard/spi$20dma%7Csort:date/beagleboard/_22bW7vMkW0/rn01nfvyBQAJ
>
> It is suggested that should you want to use DMA with SPI, enable the SPI in
> the main DTB (*sigh*).  Is this still the case?  If so, does it even make
> sense to use DT Overlays for any other resources I am using (GPIO's for
> example)?  Since I'm hacking up the main DTB anyway, why not just add
> everything I need there and not worry about the uBoot DT Overlays at all?
>
> Thanks so much for any insight anyone may have into this.

Yes this was fixed, by NOT using kernel overlays.. (race condition)

Use either a full DTB or u-boot Overlays..

Regards,

-- 
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

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