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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2007-08-02 23:31:33 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2007-10-09 22:14:56 -0300
commit87b9ad070cf76c0f1e8cf836f7eb86e9ac94e34a (patch)
treeaeda5c7b1434350a476005c85dc39173ead11090 /include/media
parent6bb2790f8a0cf93d3dbed6b6e986441110e6174b (diff)
V4L/DVB (6254): Add videobuf-vmalloc
Adds a newer videobuf-vmalloc module. This module uses the same videobuf controls, but implements memory allocation based on vmalloc methods. With this method, an USB driver can use video-buf, without needing to request memory from the DMA-safe area. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
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diff --git a/include/media/videobuf-vmalloc.h b/include/media/videobuf-vmalloc.h
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+/*
+ * helper functions for vmalloc capture buffers
+ *
+ * The functions expect the hardware being able to scatter gatter
+ * (i.e. the buffers are not linear in physical memory, but fragmented
+ * into PAGE_SIZE chunks). They also assume the driver does not need
+ * to touch the video data.
+ *
+ * (c) 2007 Mauro Carvalho Chehab, <mchehab@infradead.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ */
+
+#include <media/videobuf-core.h>
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+struct videbuf_vmalloc_memory
+{
+ u32 magic;
+
+ /* for mmap'ed buffers */
+ struct videobuf_mapping *map;
+
+ void *vmalloc;
+
+ /* remap_vmalloc_range seems to need to run after mmap() on some cases */
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+};
+
+void videobuf_queue_vmalloc_init(struct videobuf_queue* q,
+ struct videobuf_queue_ops *ops,
+ void *dev,
+ spinlock_t *irqlock,
+ enum v4l2_buf_type type,
+ enum v4l2_field field,
+ unsigned int msize,
+ void *priv);
+
+void *videobuf_to_vmalloc (struct videobuf_buffer *buf);
+
+void videobuf_vmalloc_free (struct videobuf_buffer *buf);