From: s.hauer@pengutronix.de (Sascha Hauer)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] KMS support for i.MX51/53
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 21:12:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110607191205.GK23771@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110607121701.71cdd06e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 12:17:01PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Currently I don't use any sophisticated memory allocater like GEM
> > or similar. I helped myself with simple dma_alloc where needed. At
>
> GEM is actually pretty sane when you get your head around it a spot. The
> main thing it took me a bit of time to get my head around is that it
> allocates backing memory and handles but it doesn't allocate address
> space on the card side.
I'm not sure I understand you correctly. I have no address space on the
card side since my 'card' just uses main memory. The memory I need must
be a physically contiguous portion of sdram. I'm afraid shmem backing
memory is not of much use for me.
Correct me if I mix things up...
Sascha
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-07 10:45 [RFC PATCH] KMS support for i.MX51/53 Sascha Hauer
2011-06-07 10:45 ` [PATCH 1/5] DRM: add i.MX IPUv3 base driver Sascha Hauer
2011-06-07 15:45 ` Fabio Estevam
2011-06-07 10:45 ` [PATCH 2/5] DRM i.MX IPU: Add support for IPU submodules Sascha Hauer
2011-06-07 10:45 ` [PATCH 3/5] DRM: Add drm encoder/connector helper Sascha Hauer
2011-06-07 10:45 ` [PATCH 4/5] DRM: Add support for the sii902x HDMI/DVI encoder Sascha Hauer
2011-07-08 20:42 ` Alex Deucher
2011-07-08 21:01 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-07-12 13:21 ` Sascha Hauer
2011-06-07 10:45 ` [PATCH 5/5] DRM: Add i.MX IPUv3 support Sascha Hauer
2011-06-07 11:17 ` [RFC PATCH] KMS support for i.MX51/53 Alan Cox
2011-06-07 19:12 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2011-06-07 19:59 ` Alan Cox
2011-06-08 8:54 ` Sascha Hauer
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