linux-kernel - Re: [Nouveau] [PATCH v4 3/3] drm/nouveau/fb/nv50: defer DMA mapping of scratch page to init() hook

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Date:   Mon, 3 Oct 2016 14:45:59 +0900
From:   Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org" <nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [Nouveau] [PATCH v4 3/3] drm/nouveau/fb/nv50: defer DMA mapping
 of scratch page to init() hook

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Ard Biesheuvel
<ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:
> The 100c08 scratch page is mapped using dma_map_page() before the TTM
> layer has had a chance to set the DMA mask. This means we are still
> running with the default of 32 when this code executes, and this causes
> problems for platforms with no memory below 4 GB (such as AMD Seattle)
>
> So move the dma_map_page() to the .init hook, which executes after the
> DMA mask has been set.

The comments I did on gf100 also apply here. The only difference is
that you will have to create the oneinit hook which does not exist in
this file.

Thanks!