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    fsldma: use PCI Read Multiple command · a7aea373
    Ira W. Snyder authored
    By default, the Freescale 83xx DMA controller uses the PCI Read Line
    command when reading data over the PCI bus. Setting the controller to use
    the PCI Read Multiple command instead allows the controller to read much
    larger bursts of data, which provides a drastic speed increase.
    
    The slowdown due to using PCI Read Line was only observed when a PCI-to-PCI
    bridge was between the devices trying to communicate.
    
    A simple test driver showed an increase from 4MB/sec to 116MB/sec when
    performing DMA over the PCI bus. Using DMA to transfer between blocks of
    local SDRAM showed no change in performance with this patch. The dmatest
    driver was also used to verify the correctness of the transfers, and showed
    no errors.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIra W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>
    Acked-by: default avatarTimur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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