From: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>
To: video4linux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Contiguous memory allocations
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:47:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1278103660.6034.16.camel@localhost> (raw)
Does anyone know if there's a common infrastructure for allocation
of DMA'able memory by drivers and applications above the straight
kernel API (dma_alloc_coherent)?
I'm working with Freescale i.MX51 drivers to do 720P video
input and output and the embedded calls to dma_alloc_coherent
fail except when used right after boot because of fragmentation.
I'm fighting the urge to write yet another special-purpose allocator
for video buffers thinking this must be a common problem with a
solution already, but I can't seem to locate one.
The closest thing I've found is the bigphysarea patch, which doesn't
appear to be supported or headed toward main-line.
Thanks in advance,
Eric Nelson
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-02 20:47 Eric Nelson [this message]
2010-07-05 10:10 ` Contiguous memory allocations Chris Simmonds
2010-07-05 14:27 ` Eric Nelson
2010-07-05 15:31 ` Chris Simmonds
2010-07-05 16:14 ` Eric Nelson
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