From: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>
To: paul.thacker@st.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: usb_bulk_msg timeout w/ rvmalloc
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 00:51:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200110100451.f9A4pCW10769@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1002674521.5223.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1002674521.5223.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
> I have written a driver which, in part, facilitates the usb bulk
> transfer of raw image data. It works fine for small (CIF, QCIF)
> images, but for larger images, kmalloc will not allocate enough
> memory.
How much do you need?
> I copied the rvmalloc code from the cpia2 driver and used it in place
> of kmalloc. The memory allocates fine, but usb_bulk_msg now times out
> when using the pointer to the rvmalloc'd memory. I have been unable to
> find an instance of an existing driver using rvmalloc in conjunction
> with usb_bulk_msg.
The best thing would be to use pipelined transfer with
several URBs, I think. If that is too difficult for you,
try to use __get_free_pages(), but mind that even if free
RAM is available, kernel may not be able to fulfill your
request. Check response codes carefuly.
-- Pete
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2001-10-10 0:39 usb_bulk_msg timeout w/ rvmalloc paul.thacker
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