diff --git a/include/linux/amba/mmci.h b/include/linux/amba/mmci.h
index f4ee9ac..f602270 100644
--- a/include/linux/amba/mmci.h
+++ b/include/linux/amba/mmci.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/mmc/host.h>
 
+/* Just some dummy forwarding */
+struct dma_chan;
+
 /**
  * struct mmci_platform_data - platform configuration for the MMCI
  * (also known as PL180) block.
@@ -27,6 +30,17 @@
  * @cd_invert: true if the gpio_cd pin value is active low
  * @capabilities: the capabilities of the block as implemented in
  * this platform, signify anything MMC_CAP_* from mmc/host.h
+ * @dma_filter: function used to select an apropriate RX and TX
+ * DMA channel to be used for DMA, if and only if you're deploying the
+ * generic DMA engine
+ * @dma_rx_param: parameter passed to the DMA allocation
+ * filter in order to select an apropriate RX channel. If
+ * there is a bidirectional RX+TX channel, then just specify
+ * this and leave dma_tx_param set to NULL
+ * @dma_tx_param: parameter passed to the DMA allocation
+ * filter in order to select an apropriate TX channel. If this
+ * is NULL the driver will attempt to use the RX channel as a
+ * bidirectional channel
  */
 struct mmci_platform_data {
 	unsigned int f_max;
@@ -38,6 +52,9 @@
 	int	gpio_cd;
 	bool	cd_invert;
 	unsigned long capabilities;
+	bool (*dma_filter)(struct dma_chan *chan, void *filter_param);
+	void *dma_rx_param;
+	void *dma_tx_param;
 };
 
 #endif