One situation where this could be used is when configuring the UART
controller to be the DMA flow controller. This is a typical case where
the driver might need to program a few more registers before starting a
DMA transfer. Provide the necessary infrastructure to support this
case.
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220422180615.9098-6-miquel.raynal@bootlin.comSigned-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>