linux-kernel - Re: exynos-drm: display manager fails to start without IOMMU problem

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:56:08 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:     Tobias Jakobi <tjakobi@...h.uni-bielefeld.de>,
        Inki Dae <inki.dae@...sung.com>, jy0922.shim@...sung.com,
        sw0312.kim@...sung.com, kyungmin.park@...sung.com,
        airlied@...ux.ie, kgene@...nel.org,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: exynos-drm: display manager fails to start without IOMMU problem

On 10/19/2016 10:23 AM, Tobias Jakobi wrote:
> Hello Shuah,
> 
> just a short note that more misleading comments about default allocation
> flags can be found in libdrm.
> 
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm/tree/exynos/exynos_drm.c
> 
> See e.g. the comment for exynos_bo_create().
> 
> In my opinion, the whole approach to _set_ a bit to get non-contigious
> memory is messed up. It would make more sense to me to set a bit to
> request an additional property (here "being contiguous") of the memory.
> 
> Anyway, clearing up this situation is highly appreciated!
> 
> More comments below.
> 
> With best wishes,
> Tobias
> 

Hi Tobias,

Thanks for the note. Yes the comments are confusing. It seems like
some old assumptions are persisting. I will fix these as well.

-- Shuah