Re: [RFC simple allocator v2 0/2] Simple allocator
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:01:14AM -0800, Laura Abbott wrote: > On 02/13/2017 10:18 AM, Mark Brown wrote: > > The software defined networking people seemed to think they had a use > > case for this as well. They're not entirely upstream of course but > > still... > This is the first I've heard of anything like this. Do you have any more > details/reading? No, unfortunately it was in a meeting and I was asking for more details on what specifically the hardware was doing myself. My understanding is that it's very similar to the GPU/video needs. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [RFC simple allocator v2 0/2] Simple allocator
On 02/13/2017 10:18 AM, Mark Brown wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 03:45:04PM +0100, Benjamin Gaignard wrote: > >> An other question is: do we have others memory regions that could be >> interested >> by this new framework ? I have in mind that some title memory regions could >> use >> it or replace ION heaps (system, carveout, etc...). >> Maybe it only solve CMA allocation issue, in this case there is no need to >> create >> a new framework but only a dedicated ioctl. > > The software defined networking people seemed to think they had a use > case for this as well. They're not entirely upstream of course but > still... > This is the first I've heard of anything like this. Do you have any more details/reading? Thanks, Laura
Re: [RFC simple allocator v2 0/2] Simple allocator
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 03:45:04PM +0100, Benjamin Gaignard wrote: > An other question is: do we have others memory regions that could be > interested > by this new framework ? I have in mind that some title memory regions could > use > it or replace ION heaps (system, carveout, etc...). > Maybe it only solve CMA allocation issue, in this case there is no need to > create > a new framework but only a dedicated ioctl. The software defined networking people seemed to think they had a use case for this as well. They're not entirely upstream of course but still... signature.asc Description: PGP signature
