At Mon, 06 Oct 2003 19:19:08 +0200 (CEST),
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>
> Thanx that cleared a lot.
>
> I thought so,
>
> since I want to allocate once and then leave it, (because I dont want an exlusiv
> use of capture and playback ...)
>
> Please three more questions:
>
> 1) I found also the function:
>
> snd_malloc_sgbuf_pages(hdspm->pci, wanted, dmab)
>
> Can I allocate memory with these before initializing a substream and
> write it to hardware and then set all the buffer data in the
> substream:
>
> runtime->dma_area = hdspm->p_dmab.area;
> runtime->dma_addr = hdspm->p_dmab.addr;
> runtime->dma_private = hdspm->p_dmab.private_data;
> runtime->dma_bytes = hdspm->p_dmab.bytes;
>
> Do I miss something ?
the above is doable, but the preallocation mechanism is exactly what
you want here. i'd recommend to simply pre-allocate the buffers and
use snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages() and snd_pcm_lib_free_pages() in
hw_params and hw_free callbacks.
>
> 2) If SG_BUF makes continous virtual buffer
>
> why there is a
>
> .pages=snd_pcm_sgbuf_ops_page
^^^^^^
.page (without 's')
>
> function needed ?
> what is the purpose of this ?
this is mandatory to handle nopage callback in the mmap.
check pcm_native.c.
> 3) Just for my understanding:
>
> SG allocates scattered physical memory and maps it to
> continous virtual:
>
> when I allocate via
>
> snd_malloc_sgbuf_pages(hdspm->pci, wanted, dmab)
>
> I test the memory so get a syslog:
>
> hdspm.c:2788: Preallocated 8192 kBytes
> hdspm.c:2831: dmab(d27b7a84): area=e2db1000, addr=0, bytes = 0 (wanted 4194304),
> private=ce4a25c0
>
> hdspm.c:2834: area Start: e2db1000 End:e31b0ffc diff=4194300
> hdspm.c:2839: phys Start: b65b000 End:f6acffc diff=-67444732
> hdspm.c:2845: bus_to_virt Start: cb65b000 End:cf6acffc diff=-67444732
>
> (src of this see at the end)
>
>
> Which tells me
> - virt is ok 4194304
> - phys is scattered so also any diff number is ok.
> - but bus_to_virt of physical adress should make a continous, but it doesnt - Why ?
you cannot calculate the virtual address from the physical address
uniquely. a physical page can be mapped to different multiple virtual
pages. (the ALSA's sg-buffer handler uses the vmap() for the virtual
areas, btw.)
Takashi
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