Timur Tabi wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> So it sounds like the async dma is the way to go, since I want to off load >> as much as possible from the core. As you say, though, it's new and not >> in LDD3. Is .../drivers/dma/dmaengine.c what everyone is refering to as >> async dma? > > Yes. > >> If not, what is? And what in the kernel is already using it >> so I can look at some example code. > > There's some network stuff that uses it for optimization. If CONFIG_NET_DMA > is > enabled, that will turn on some kind of TCP/IP offloading. I don't really > know > much about that. There's also a dmatest.c testing driver.
I think some md (RAID) stuff uses it, too. > It would definitely be nice to see a third client driver. Why stop at three? :) b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
