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Diffstat (limited to 'linux-core/drm_objects.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | linux-core/drm_objects.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/linux-core/drm_objects.h b/linux-core/drm_objects.h index 98421e4c..a2d10b5d 100644 --- a/linux-core/drm_objects.h +++ b/linux-core/drm_objects.h @@ -404,9 +404,31 @@ struct drm_bo_mem_reg { }; enum drm_bo_type { - drm_bo_type_dc, + /* + * drm_bo_type_device are 'normal' drm allocations, + * pages are allocated from within the kernel automatically + * and the objects can be mmap'd from the drm device. Each + * drm_bo_type_device object has a unique name which can be + * used by other processes to share access to the underlying + * buffer. + */ + drm_bo_type_device, + /* + * drm_bo_type_user are buffers of pages that already exist + * in the process address space. They are more limited than + * drm_bo_type_device buffers in that they must always + * remain cached (as we assume the user pages are mapped cached), + * and they are not sharable to other processes through DRM + * (although, regular shared memory should still work fine). + */ drm_bo_type_user, - drm_bo_type_kernel, /* for initial kernel allocations */ + /* + * drm_bo_type_kernel are buffers that exist solely for use + * within the kernel. The pages cannot be mapped into the + * process. One obvious use would be for the ring + * buffer where user access would not (ideally) be required. + */ + drm_bo_type_kernel, }; struct drm_buffer_object { |