Hello Hans,

On 04.02.2015 09:08, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> I remain very skeptical about the use of dma-contig (or dma-sg for that
> matter). Have you tried using vmalloc and check if the USB core isn't
> automatically using DMA transfers for that?
> 
> Basically I would like to see proof that vmalloc is not an option before
> allowing dma-contig (or dma-sg if you can figure out why that isn't
> working).
> 
> You can also make a version with vmalloc and I'll merge that, and then
> you can look more into the DMA issues. That way the driver is merged,
> even if it is perhaps not yet optimal, and you can address that part later.
OK, that sounds sensible, I will try that route. When using
videobuf2-vmalloc, what do I pass back for alloc_ctxs in queue_setup?

Best, Florian
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