Why not kmalloc() ??
Dan Malek
dan at embeddededge.com
Sat Jul 17 05:02:01 EST 2004
On Jul 16, 2004, at 10:06 AM, Mark Chambers wrote:
> Is there any reason to use m8xx_cpm_hostalloc() over
> dma_alloc_consistent()
> for a loadable driver (that is, one loaded after VM initialized)?
You should always use dma_alloc_conistent(). The hostalloc space
is basically a small pre-allocated non-caches space that early
initialization
functions need.
Thanks.
-- Dan
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