Re: [RFC/PATCHv2 v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add dma_remap() APIs

2016-04-27 Thread Laura Abbott
On 04/27/2016 08:25 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote: On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 05:35:16PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: Quoting Catalin Marinas (2016-04-21 03:35:12) On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 06:04:27PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: From: Laura Abbott Some systems are memory

Re: [RFC/PATCHv2 v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add dma_remap() APIs

2016-04-27 Thread Laura Abbott
On 04/27/2016 08:25 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote: On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 05:35:16PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: Quoting Catalin Marinas (2016-04-21 03:35:12) On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 06:04:27PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: From: Laura Abbott Some systems are memory constrained but they need to

Re: [RFC/PATCHv2 v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add dma_remap() APIs

2016-04-27 Thread Catalin Marinas
On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 05:35:16PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > Quoting Catalin Marinas (2016-04-21 03:35:12) > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 06:04:27PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > > > From: Laura Abbott > > > > > > Some systems are memory constrained but they need to load

Re: [RFC/PATCHv2 v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add dma_remap() APIs

2016-04-27 Thread Catalin Marinas
On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 05:35:16PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > Quoting Catalin Marinas (2016-04-21 03:35:12) > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 06:04:27PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > > > From: Laura Abbott > > > > > > Some systems are memory constrained but they need to load very > > > large

Re: [RFC/PATCHv2 v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add dma_remap() APIs

2016-04-21 Thread Catalin Marinas
Hi Stephen, On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 06:04:27PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > From: Laura Abbott > > Some systems are memory constrained but they need to load very > large firmwares. The firmware subsystem allows drivers to request > this firmware be loaded from the

Re: [RFC/PATCHv2 v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add dma_remap() APIs

2016-04-21 Thread Catalin Marinas
Hi Stephen, On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 06:04:27PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote: > From: Laura Abbott > > Some systems are memory constrained but they need to load very > large firmwares. The firmware subsystem allows drivers to request > this firmware be loaded from the filesystem, but this requires

[RFC/PATCHv2 v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add dma_remap() APIs

2016-04-19 Thread Stephen Boyd
From: Laura Abbott Some systems are memory constrained but they need to load very large firmwares. The firmware subsystem allows drivers to request this firmware be loaded from the filesystem, but this requires that the entire firmware be loaded into kernel memory first

[RFC/PATCHv2 v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add dma_remap() APIs

2016-04-19 Thread Stephen Boyd
From: Laura Abbott Some systems are memory constrained but they need to load very large firmwares. The firmware subsystem allows drivers to request this firmware be loaded from the filesystem, but this requires that the entire firmware be loaded into kernel memory first before it's provided to