linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/10] mm: cma: Contiguous Memory Allocator added

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Message-ID: <op.vw2jmhir3l0zgt@mnazarewicz-glaptop>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:55:19 +0200
From:	"Michal Nazarewicz" <mina86@...a86.com>
To:	"Marek Szyprowski" <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
	"'Kyungmin Park'" <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	"'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"'KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki'" <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	"'Ankita Garg'" <ankita@...ibm.com>,
	"'Daniel Walker'" <dwalker@...eaurora.org>,
	"'Mel Gorman'" <mel@....ul.ie>,
	"'Jesse Barker'" <jesse.barker@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] mm: cma: Contiguous Memory Allocator added

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:49:29 +0200, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> Please explain the exact requirements that lead you to defining multiple
> contexts.

Some devices may have access only to some banks of memory.  Some devices
may use different banks of memory for different purposes.

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