[Feature] Haswell-ULT - DesignWare DMA controller driver

this feature has been supported in kernel 3.9-rc5, this contain the following patches. Please evalutate if it can be backported to raring kernel.

1. commit b801479bb6f5b66f5a35feaa72451ac5ac152ef5
    Author: Heikki Krogerus <email address hidden>
    Date: Thu Oct 18 17:34:08 2012 +0300

    dmaengine: dw_dmac: amend description and indentation

2. commit 21d43f49cb5e132e74bde9e34ac0760f79ab85a9
   Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
   Date: Thu Oct 18 17:34:09 2012 +0300

   dw_dmac: change dev_printk() to corresponding macros

3.commit 6168d5670bd764557b5e06b1842964a44cf34a45
   Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
   Date: Thu Oct 18 17:34:10 2012 +0300

    dw_dmac: don't call platform_get_drvdata twice

4. commit ba84bd7146b9244de0ce04cdc668521a73f5336f
   Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
   Date: Thu Oct 18 17:34:11 2012 +0300

    dw_dmac: change dev_crit to dev_WARN in dwc_handle_error

5. commit e63a47a361e03eaf79e0f2f6cdaca8e7679d1867
    Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
    Date: Thu Oct 18 17:34:12 2012 +0300

    dw_dmac: introduce to_dw_desc() macro

6. commit 123de543414bce42da9729071962d4a9512612c8
   Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
    Date: Wed Jan 9 10:17:01 2013 +0200

    dw_dmac: absence of pdata isn't critical when autocfg is set

7. commit cbd65312ba6b508e994d40729e84a51301870bcc
    Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
    Date: Wed Jan 9 10:17:11 2013 +0200

    dw_dmac: check for mapping errors

8. commit 21e93c1e7dae0e8b1914a522c331f0f7763fa89d
    Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
    Date: Wed Jan 9 10:17:12 2013 +0200

    dw_dmac: remove redundant check

9. commit f5c6a7df35b04db906577e90fa5e133e56433bcf
    Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
   Date: Wed Jan 9 10:17:13 2013 +0200

   dw_dmac: update tx_node_active in dwc_do_single_block

10. commit 21fe3c5245647d200a7ba25d42b80d21c578a8dc
      Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
      Date: Wed Jan 9 10:17:14 2013 +0200

    dma: dw_dmac: add dwc_chan_pause and dwc_chan_resume

11. commit 61cc13a51bcff737ce02d2047834171c0365b00d
      Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
      Date: Thu Jan 10 10:52:56 2013 +0200

    dmaengine: introduce is_slave_direction function

12. commit 782bc950d84e404422ba21008fd51ee894c8d231
      Author: Sascha Hauer <email address hidden>
      Date: Thu Sep 30 13:56:32 2010 +0000

    dmaengine: add possibility for cyclic transfers

13. commit f44b92f4dd2f6caf326b149e0b9636a1d4e50184
     Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
     Date: Thu Jan 10 10:52:58 2013 +0200

    dma: dw_dmac: check direction properly in dw_dma_cyclic_prep

14. commit 0efcdb20f4a83967c99da3d3bef9018f86532fae
     Author: Andy Shevchenko <email address hidden>
     Date: Thu Jan 10 10:52:59 2013 +0200

    dma: ep93xx_dma: reuse is_slave_direction helper

15. commit 5127c4f8a314b798459985d93f7829cf9cf9bbc3
     Author: Andy Shevche...

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.8.0-18.28

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linux (3.8.0-18.28) raring; urgency=low

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * (debian) fix internal linkage for separated header packages
    - LP: #1165259

  [ Gavin Guo ]

  * SAUCE: Bluetooth: Add support for Broadcom 413c:8143
    - LP: #1166113

  [ John Johansen ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up) apparmor: Fix quieting of audit messages for network
    mediation
    - LP: #1163259

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up) drm/i915: quirk no PCH_PWM_ENABLE for Dell XPS13
    backlight
    - LP: #1162026, #1163720

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * [Config] Disable CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO
    - LP: #339752

  [ Martin Pitt ]

  * SAUCE: (no-up) mac80211_hwsim: Register and bind to driver
    - LP: #1166250

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * [Config] RTC_DRV_PL031=y

  [ Stefan Bader ]

  * (debian) Abort build on unresolved symbols
    - LP: #1166197

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Add libceph to inclusion list
  * [Config] Drop all inclusion list modules with unsatisfied dependencies
  * SAUCE: (no-up) Remove emi62 files duplicated in linux-firmware
  * SAUCE: (no-up) Remove emi26 files duplicated in linux-firmware
  * SAUCE: (no-up) Remove whiteheat files duplicated in linux-firmware
  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1168040

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * TTY: do not update atime/mtime on read/write
    - LP: #1097680
    - CVE-2013-0160
  * KVM: x86: Convert MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME to use gfn_to_hva_cache functions
    (CVE-2013-1797)
    - LP: #1158258
    - CVE-2013-1797
  * KVM: Fix bounds checking in ioapic indirect register reads
    (CVE-2013-1798)
    - LP: #1158262
    - CVE-2013-1798
  * drm/i915: HDMI/DP - ELD info refresh support for Haswell
    - LP: #1011438
  * ALSA - HDA: New PCI ID for Haswell ULT
    - LP: #1011438
  * ALSA: hda - Support rereading widgets under the function group
    - LP: #1011438
  * ALSA: hda - Add fixup for Haswell to enable all pin and convertor
    widgets
    - LP: #1011438
  * libata: fix DMA to stack in reading devslp_timing parameters
    - LP: #1031173
  * dmaengine: dw_dmac: remove CLK dependency
    - LP: #1031163
  * dmaengine: dw_dmac: Enhance device tree support
    - LP: #1031163
  * dmaengine: dw_dmac: amend description and indentation
    - LP: #1031163
  * dw_dmac: change dev_printk() to corresponding macros
    - LP: #1031163
  * dw_dmac: don't call platform_get_drvdata twice
    - LP: #1031163
  * dw_dmac: change dev_crit to dev_WARN in dwc_handle_error
    - LP: #1031163
  * dw_dmac: introduce to_dw_desc() macro
    - LP: #1031163
  * dw_dmac: absence of pdata isn't critical when autocfg is set
    - LP: #1031163
  * dw_dmac: check for mapping errors
    - LP: #1031163
  * dw_dmac: remove redundant check
    - LP: #1031163
  * dw_dmac: update tx_node_active in dwc_do_single_block
    - LP: #1031163
  * dma: dw_dmac: add dwc_chan_pause and dwc_chan_resume
    - LP: #1031163
  * dmaengine: introduce is_slave_direction function
    - LP: #1031163
  * dmaengine: add possibility for cyclic transfers
    - LP: #1031163
  * dma: dw_dmac: check direction properly in dw_dma_cyclic_prep
    - LP: #1031163
  * dma: ep93xx_dma: reuse is_slave_direction helpe...

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