From: "Mark Chambers" <markc@mail.com>
To: "Dan Malek" <dan@embeddededge.com>
Cc: <linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: Why not kmalloc() ??
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:06:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <005d01c46b3e$12adf030$0301a8c0@chuck2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 891CFADE-D72C-11D8-B668-003065F9B7DC@embeddededge.com
> Use hostalloc
> only for those functions necesary (small serial fifos and such).
>
> Use dma_alloc_consistent() for large memory buffers that you need
> to attach to BDs, for example Ethernet buffers. There is very little
> memory available from either dpalloc or hostalloc, and they must
> be used only when necessary.
>
Is there any reason to use m8xx_cpm_hostalloc() over dma_alloc_consistent()
for a loadable driver (that is, one loaded after VM initialized)?
Mark Chambers
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-16 14:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-16 9:25 Why not kmalloc() ?? Rupesh S
2004-07-16 10:25 ` kernel 2.4.26 doesn't seem to work with a MPC859T Pedro Aguilar
2004-07-16 11:34 ` Why not kmalloc() ?? Magnus Damm
2004-07-16 12:06 ` sanjeev ramachandran
2004-07-16 13:32 ` Dan Malek
2004-07-16 14:06 ` Mark Chambers [this message]
2004-07-16 15:42 ` Rune Torgersen
2004-07-16 19:03 ` Dan Malek
2004-07-16 19:02 ` Dan Malek
2004-07-16 13:29 ` Dan Malek
2004-07-16 11:46 ` Dan Malek
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2004-07-17 4:51 Rupesh S
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