This reverts commit 7094576ccdc3acfe1e06a1e2ab547add375baf7f.

A better fix was found and DMA for SAM9 SoCs must be enabled.

Signed-off-by: Radu Pirea <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c | 24 +-----------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
index f95da36..4e5e51f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ struct atmel_spi_caps {
        bool    is_spi2;
        bool    has_wdrbt;
        bool    has_dma_support;
-       bool    has_pdc_support;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1426,28 +1425,7 @@ static void atmel_get_caps(struct atmel_spi *as)
 
        as->caps.is_spi2 = version > 0x121;
        as->caps.has_wdrbt = version >= 0x210;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOC_SAM_V4_V5
-       /*
-        * Atmel SoCs based on ARM9 (SAM9x) cores should not use spi_map_buf()
-        * since this later function tries to map buffers with dma_map_sg()
-        * even if they have not been allocated inside DMA-safe areas.
-        * On SoCs based on Cortex A5 (SAMA5Dx), it works anyway because for
-        * those ARM cores, the data cache follows the PIPT model.
-        * Also the L2 cache controller of SAMA5D2 uses the PIPT model too.
-        * In case of PIPT caches, there cannot be cache aliases.
-        * However on ARM9 cores, the data cache follows the VIVT model, hence
-        * the cache aliases issue can occur when buffers are allocated from
-        * DMA-unsafe areas, by vmalloc() for instance, where cache coherency is
-        * not taken into account or at least not handled completely (cache
-        * lines of aliases are not invalidated).
-        * This is not a theorical issue: it was reproduced when trying to mount
-        * a UBI file-system on a at91sam9g35ek board.
-        */
-       as->caps.has_dma_support = false;
-#else
        as->caps.has_dma_support = version >= 0x212;
-#endif
-       as->caps.has_pdc_support = version < 0x212;
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -1588,7 +1566,7 @@ static int atmel_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                } else if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
                        return ret;
                }
-       } else if (as->caps.has_pdc_support) {
+       } else {
                as->use_pdc = true;
        }
 
-- 
2.7.4

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